It is SPENDING stupid, not taxes.
While the tax system is certainly not efficient and could be restructured, until they control spending and debt and stupid policies, we will continue to have economic problems.
Just look at policies that have contributed to the welfare state that have destroyed families, the loss of manufacturing jobs, lack of energy production by stopping the drilling, preventing nuclear power and over regulation of coal, etc.
2010 was the first step, but we need to eliminate/ minimize the Liberal Progressive policy and regulation.
I tried to point this out to a friend the other day...to no avail.
He's always been "the rich don't pay their share" and "they have all the money".
A couple of weeks ago I looked up the Forbes Top 400 and added their estimated WORTH. This was for ALL the US BILLIONAIRES. Their accumulated estimated WORTH is about $1.38 Trillion, about the same as this years deficit.
Trying to explain to him that even if we took ALL their current WORTH, it would only match the deficit for THIS YEAR. It would do nothing for the deficit next year or the current debt.
That once their WORTH was taken, they would not have income from that worth the following years.
I tried also to explain, that taking their WORTH away means eliminating all the businesses they own or hold stock in. That would eliminate 100's of thousands of jobs, thus lowering income tax revenues further.
Some people only see what they CHOOSE to see in life. Its easier to look at a small picture, than it is a HUGE panorama with all its details. Its easier to look at a small snapshot and see a rich person and all his wealth. Its more difficult to look at a large picture of the same rich man, and see all the fine details, and appreciate the ENTIRE picture.