Paying your ‘fair share’ isn’t fair at all

Published October 8, 2016 4:01am ET



What if you bought a pair of shoes exactly like the person ahead of you in line, but you had to pay an extra $10 in sales tax because of your income? What if the next time you bought groceries you had to pay sales tax on that pound of hamburger but the person after you didn’t, because you earn more? And what if when you die, because you were frugal and saved a lot of money during your lifetime, your estate was taxed higher than more irresponsible people that wasted their incomes and had nothing left?

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