Why people will vote against their own interests--

[zeemike]

48. It does not have to be.

and the burden is now on the poor because as Leona Helmsly said "only the little people pay taxes"
They have all kinds of ways to get out of paying income tax and they do.
I prefer a Value Added Tax myself, where things are taxed when value is added...and then the rich would pay taxes anytime they spent money...a new vacation home, a new yacht, bling...all taxed...and things that poor people need like food could be exempt and the poor would not have to pay any tax at all.
There is nothing regressive about that...in fact it is the most progressive of any system.
As it is now, the working poor pay 30% and the investor class pay at most 20...and usually nothing at all.
And even corporations would pay tax if they bought anything at all, or payed the VAT tax on things they added value to.
The system we have now is rigged in favor of the rich and the burden is on the middle class.

But never wory, the PTB like it just the way it is, and they will keep it that way...and continue to cut their taxes and spend our money.