I've been keeping up with this post and reading everything intently, and while I don't intend to get involved in the main argument here (even though I definitely support one side of it), I will say this. Those who are saying there should just be a flat tax % that applies to everyone are either very young and inexperienced, or ignorant. Go get married and have a kid or two and then come back and say that.

Taking corporations, poor people, etc OUT of equation, I'm not sure why anyone would think its "fair" to tax someone 35% of their salary, and then after they get married, have 2 kids, and their wife stops working, now they're supporting an additional 3 people, they should still get taxed 35%. LOL. If you want people to stop getting married and having kids, do that. I for one wouldn't be able to support my family at ALL if I still got taxed what I did before I was married with a child.