SHIFT???
The structure of the US tax code has been SHIFTED against the "rich" for a very long time. Generations of Americans have grown up believing that progressive taxation is the way it should be.
Just imagine what the US would be like if wealth and achievement weren't punished!
This really burns me up. President Bush gave tax rate reductions to all taxpayers as well as I beleive eleiminated a few tax brackets for lower wage earners so some people pay nothing and they actually receive thousands of dollars back if they have kids and use an Earned (laughable)Income Credit. When I hear that Bush only gave tax breaks to the rich it is ridiculous he actually lowered the rates for everyone.