23% sales tax; no fed. income tax

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Actually, while a violent revolution would possibly succeed in temporarily shifting wealth around, only a change in people's ideology could sustain it. As long as people buy the two big lies of civilization: (1) some folks are better/more deserving than others and (2) possessions and power are the purpose of life, there will never be an equal distribution of anything EXCEPT misery!

Realistically, some people can't get out of their own way and will be poor no matter what.

But its what a society values. If a movie star gets 25 million per movie and a librarian makes 25k, we obvioulsy believe the movie star has more value to society.

The issue has much more to do with the fact that the people at the top take more than ever before, they were always rich, but the numbers now vs. the middle class are staggering. But I can't see how anything changes.