&gt; the middle class pays very low income taxes in America<p>Citation needed.<p>There&#x27;s &quot;fees&quot;, &quot;taxes&quot; and all sorts of hidden ways that eat into the middle class. Not only that, but how much &quot;Fees&quot; were in the eggs you bought? None, right? Not really: they&#x27;re just bundled in and hidden.<p>Ever get a speeding ticket? That&#x27;s a fucking tax. Property <i></i>tax<i></i>, car &quot;license plates&quot; - tax. Gas has taxes, and a lot of them. As does alcohol. And then there&#x27;s sales tax- just because you sold something. Hell, there&#x27;s taxes for dying.<p>But myopically, it looks small. I&#x27;d wager that these &#x27;little bits&#x27; here and there by far exceeds the percent paid in taxes than the top 1%.. and we know it hurts the middle class far worse.