Obama’s proposals will make an already complex tax system even more Byzantine
 
Obama’s Tax Proposals Make a Complex System Worse
Read the article but this portion caught my eye:
In 2006, the top 50 percent of taxpayers made seven times the income of the bottom 50 percent, but they paid 32.4 times as much in taxes. Does anyone really believe that those in the top 50 percent got even seven times the benefits from government that those in the bottom 50 percent received?

