Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
I would agree with this if the government would ever consider cutting out a pound of their own flesh. But they don't and never will, the ony solution that comes to mind is raising taxes.
Different issue. Do bureaucracies naturally accrete over time like coral reefs? Yes.

Do regulations compound and grow in complexity, resulting in a self-directing maze of confusion? Yes.

But these are separate issues. I was addressing the notion that it's somehow "unfair" that successful people pay more income tax. Which I find absurd. As anybody who's owned a nice home and a nice car can tell you, when you got more, you pay more.