Equal Time with Martha Burk Paying Your (Un)fair Share?

Published: April 17, 2023, 6:30 a.m.

Way back in the '70s there were country songs bemoaning taxes. Things have changed a lot since then -- for the worst.\xa0 In those days the rich paid their fair share.\xa0 Now ordinary workers pay far more than those who don't go to work at all -- fat cats living off dividends and capital gains.\xa0 To paraphrase another '70s ditty -- "they got the gold mine, we got the shaft."