Not sure I agree with the notion of this being treason, but it’s a pretty serious crime, considering that most wage-based workers (W-2, 1099 in the US) are abso

Not sure I agree with the notion of this being treason, but it’s a pretty serious crime, considering that most wage-based workers (W-2, 1099 in the US) are absolutely lambasted with taxes (especially in certain states), and there is pretty much no way around it aside from hiring an accountant to come up with legal ways to help you reduce your tax liability. But for the most part, you’ll still have to pay a pretty ridiculous rate, especially as you earn higher levels of income (when things like AMT kick in). It burns me that I, a wage-based employee, am bearing a completely unfair proportion of the burden of the infrastructure costs of my country. My effective tax rate can be around 40%, yet the “rich” (whatever that actually means) can, in many cases, avoid taxes altogether by hiding assets and obfuscating their true net worth. So yeah, maybe it should be treason.