On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:47:39 -0400, Ed Huntress
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:39:00 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:34:29 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

Proles are having their taxes increased at rapid rate.


Indeed, echoing Rousseau's observation [paraphrased] that
the poor cannot pay taxes as they have no money, the rich
will not pay taxes, therefore the entire burden of the state
must fall on the middle class.

George, you know better than that. The tax rates at the bottom and up
into the middle class have fallen fairly steadily for 70 years:

http://tinyurl.com/otdvj6u

That's why I qualified the statement by noting
In many cases the increase in the amount of money extracted
is hidden as increased governmental fees, decreased
governmental services, and inflation which erodes the value
of their wages and savings.

Many of these fees bypass the constitutional requirement
that all federal revenue must pass through the treasury and
be approved by Congress. Check your phone bill for an
example of a tax described as a fee, with the money
nominally going to improve school internet connection.
While this may be a "good thing," it evades controls,
accountability, and express intent of the Constitution.