&gt; Seriously. does anyone reading this post think the government is a better steward of their income than they are? If you think so, then donate 100% of your income to the government and live on public assistance. That option is provided on the tax return you sign here in the USA.<p>I suspect there might be a strawman in here somewhere. Yes, it is OK to do everything you can to try to limit the money you have to pay in taxes. However, so much wealth concentrated among so few people is not very desirable. (I understand that the American public disagrees with me on this.)<p>I think progressive income taxes and estate taxes are very important. I don&#x27;t think I am arguing for anything outrageous. I guess a nice sound bite&#x2F;tl;dr would be to say &quot;I want to cap the income tax at half of total income, regardless of how high the income is&quot;. I just wish that people with money understood that their efforts to lower taxes for themselves to absurdly low rates is detrimental to stability. I wish they thought beyond this quarter&#x27;s tax bill.