Just sayin, that's what it reminds me of.

''And so Jesus said to the disciples; ''Bro's before Hoe's, man.''''

Oh shit sorry, I didn't pay attention, I thought it was Jeremy Renner xD..

Well it says unfair because the numbers don't add up, and I don't see you comming up with any counter examples. Income taxes are just one place of improvement, and I know rich people get taxed in other ways as well, but that was not the point of the article. The article was about Income taxes. If you look at it from a purely scientific standpoint, then yes, I guess I'm biased. However, it is a goverments duty to rule and regulate based on a certian moral ground. So you could argue that every politician ever pulling up a study from God knows where is biased.

This practise is called Honne and tatemae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honne_and_tatemae

Actually it leaves more space for them because for once they have enough money saved up instead of taking mortages on a house. They might carry the taxes in volume, but they definitly don't in percentages: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102341748
There would be a much greater revenue if they switched this up.

I wonder if people would do the right thing if they got the freedom to do otherwise.

You cannot look at every individual case, it's unsustainable. My opinion remains that everyone deserves the same amount, because that is what I would want if I would fall on hard times. Let's just agree to disagree. Shout to all the people that didn't downvote me! (That doesn't appear to be a lot TT-TT)

In fact no, I know the verse by heart and the father chooses to forgive his son and give both of his sons their rightful inheritance. The story is not about decisions, it is about forgiveness. Regardless of what someone has done, they deserve a fair share. That is what we would want for ourselves.

I took it from Wikipedia, which is the most unbiased source you could come up with. And yes, scholars sometimes have different opinions, but that's only to be expected. The Great Gatsby curve is very widely regonized, and is by very many scholars considered to be close to reality. Let me ask you this question before you insult 80% of the first world country, have you ever set foot in ANY of them? Did you read the article's I presented to you? I'm not sure whatever argument I could come up with to debunk your ''land of opportunity'' theory, but let me just show you the prosperity index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index
Surprise surprise, the US is not number one.