"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
k.net...
Like it or not,
our tax system is designed with the *intent* that the more money you
make,
the greater the percentage of your income you have to pay in taxes.

Which is, of course, unfair.

By your definition of "fair", perhaps. However, nothing about the word
necessitates that a fair tax system requires each person to pay the same
percentage of their income, and many people consider a tax system that makes
allowances for differences in after-tax income relative to basic necessities
to be "fair".

The word "fair" is not as simple and universal as it seems you'd like it to
be.

Pete