Michael A. Terrell:

Who do you thionk pays corporate taxes other than their customers?

The shareholders.

Anyway, why bother to create and maintain two different "taps" instead of
one? Simple. Politicians don't want us to know how much money they are
stealing us.

In Italy we even have part of the income taxes on wages "paid by the
employer", and part by the employee. Just for not letting the employee know
how much he really pays.

That allows to let poor people pay just 2% of taxes.

No tax on food in supermarkets, but there is sales tax at restaurants
in the US.

Exactly as here, after all. 2% is no big deal, while served food has the
"usual" 20% VAT.