What's the deal with our current tax system?
Under the current U.S. tax system, a number of millionaires pay a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than a significant proportion of middle class families. Warren Buffett, for example, pays a lower effective tax rate than his secretary, and that’s not fair.
A full 22,000 households that made more than $1 million in 2009 paid less than 15 percent of their income in income taxes — and 1,470 managed to pay no federal income taxes on their million-plus-dollar incomes, according to the IRS.
Our tax system should be revised that everyone pays their fair share whether you are a billionaire, millionaire, or middle class, or less. We should have a level tax system not skewed towards the wealthy.