The proposed 2012 budget...

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I agree. The "tax rate" is not the amount of taxes people pay, unless they can't afford tax shelters/lawyers.

I don't understand this system of everyone having a pretty high "tax rate" but then a buttload of deductions. How about getting rid of the deductions and keeping the tax rate lower? All the tax laws do is make tax lawyers rich and you can bet they don't pay anywhere near what their "tax rate" is.

Of all the things a government does, taxation should not be all that complicated.....unless deception and misdirection is the goal.

You answered your own question Brother. Income tax is a creation of Congress. Congress is made up of lawyers.