Although that would be the most "fair" tax system, it will never fly because too many Americans now get to skate with paying very little to no taxes.
The top 50% of earners pay 96% of all taxes and the top 5% pay over 50% of all taxes.
Top 50% of Wage Earners Pay 96.03% of Income Taxes
The Heinz-Kerry's, as I noted, only pay a tiny fraction of one percent of their total fortune in taxes every year.
Kerry and his followers will always vote to rob Peter to pay Uncle Sam.
I was reading that Rush link you posted and looking at the charts. We are not wealthy (three kids in college, which we pay for ourselves) but we are in a bracket that Kerry the billionaire would call rich. He would like to tax us higher. I was reading the Rush link and thinking to myself, I hope we don't quite make $200K a year if that would cause us to pay higher taxes. Then I thought BINGO! That is what the demoncrazies want, to keep us DOWN and NEEDY of their "help". On the other hand, the Republican party hopes everyone will be successful and responsible for their own future. THanks for posting that link.