Good to know that income taxes are not a cost ... I'll have to fix that in my computer since it generally thinks that writing checks is associated with costs. Dumb computer.
In our present tax system it does not hold true universally that those with higher incomes pay taxes at higher rates - despite the theoretical notions you offer. In fact, some with incomes (even high ones) pay no taxes at all, so I'm afraid your points aren't too well founded.
Now they're calling income taxes a "liability".... I still haven't gotten an answer on if and how they are paid... they may still be saying that they aren't paid with revenues from sales... anticipating that, I've asked them where the money to pay "liabilities" comes from... it's really absurd....
And they wonder why their posts are parsed...
And what did you tell your computer that "cost" provided you? It came out of your capital but was not a cost of anything.