Equal Time with Martha Burk April 12, 2014 Paying Your (Un)fair Share?
Way back in the '70s there were country songs bemoaning taxes. Things have changed a lot since then -- for the worst. In those days the rich paid their fair share. Now ordinary workers pay far more than those who don't go to work at all -- fat cats living off dividends and capital gains. And many major corporations pay zero taxes too. To paraphrase another '70s ditty -- "they got the gold mine, we got the shaft."