Writer does not want to tax people. Writer wants more page views so a bit of controversy helps. Is it really 44%? What about sales tax/VAT, Social Security, Pr

Writer does not want to tax people. Writer wants more page views so a bit of controversy helps. Is it really 44%? What about sales tax/VAT, Social Security, Property Tax, Quantitative easing. In perfect world gov would take 5% of my income. I'm not against helping people - far from that - but the State is very bad at allocating resources.