Compare today to the 1950s -- which conservatives refer to as a golden age.

Corporations and the richest citizens paid far more in taxes.

Their successful campaign over decades to pay less and less is what shifted the burden onto the masses. Yet you buy into the "government beast" argument that they've invested so heavily in.

You can't even trust the stats on income tax anymore, because the rich hide more and more offshore. And tax laws have changed so that executives aren't taxed on ultra-generous stock options.

Keep bleating about government while the wealthy laugh all the way to the offshore investment fund.