> Every US person pays for taxes on capital gains Much of America never pays such taxes and has no such investments. About 40% (? IIRC) don't have $600 saved.

> Every US person pays for taxes on capital gains Much of America never pays such taxes and has no such investments. About 40% (? IIRC) don't have $600 saved. > taxes ain't zero for executives of large corporations Taxes on wealthy are relatively low, in part because capital gains, the source of revenue for the wealthy, are taxed at a lower rate than income, the source of revenue for working class Americans. > This extreme focus on taxation of corporations is bizarre. I don't see the argument. Corporations pay relatively low taxes, and it has a large effect on other Americans who lack government services and have to pay more themselves to cover the corporations' share. > You can try to bullshit the IRS but they will come down on you like a bag of bricks if you feed them a load of crap. The GOP cut IRS enforcement to the bone, and it was restored only ~1 year ago.