For once and for all, shouldn't we have a minimum tax?

There's a report out in the last few days about taxes paid in America.

And it shows we're kooky.

46 million of us pay no taxes at all?

I've reported a bit on this before.

Does this make any sense?

Shouldn't we ALL pay at least something on our taxes, so we can keep our infrastructure and schools--everything--running?

Wouldn't that make sense?

But no, we let corporations and wealthy people, mostly, pay for tax breaks--mostly by buying their Senators--and then jockeying up the books.

I've proposed this before--why don't we put in place a, say, 10% minimum tax that EVERYONE has to pay, for being a citizen and for having access to this country of ours and our markets?

Doesn't that make sense?

Oh, and, finally, check out the byline of the original article: "Surge of “Nonpayers” Will Be Part of Bush Tax Legacy."

One more way George W. screwed up the country and the world, with what time he had.

Note: Thanks to the Kruse Kronicle for bringing this to our attention, via Tony's KC Blog.

Original link: http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/2009/12/almost-4-out-of-10-americans-pay-no-income-tax.html#tpe-action-posted-6a00d83451b14d69e201287631af3b970c