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Every once in a great while, there comes a brave rich person, writing for a publication dedicated to the wealthiest of wealthy Americans, willing to courageously call for the tax burden to the poor.

That man today is Ari Fleischer. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, he says:

If the tax forms you're filing this year show Uncle Sam entitled to any income tax, you increasingly stand alone. The income tax system is so bad, and increasingly reliant on a shrinking number of Americans to pay the nation's bills, that 40% of the country's households -- more than 44 million adults -- pay no income taxes at all. Not a penny.

My response, in graphic form:

(Image from Fair Economy)