Yeah, but the people paying the tax are always the same people. It's time everybody paid something. If some welfare mom realized the money was coming out of her check, she may not be marching in the street for a teacher raise. We already have 47% not paying anything, what about the ones paying almost nothing? That would raise the level to probably 55% or so. These people get back almost all of what the company held out. If you make $40k and pay in $5k and get back $2k, you don't really pay attention when you only get back $1800. Most of these rubes figure the gubmint is a good thing that gives them money every year. You would be surprised at the number of people that would tell you they don't pay taxes but get money back from the government. Ask them how much they pay in taxes and they will likely say, "nothing". All they care about is the refund check and never think about how much the government kept. I've actually talked to people this stupid.
I fail to see where we disagree; welcome to the club.