Comment: Today fewer people, percentage wise, pay a federal income tax. Maybe 45% do not. Then there is a group that gets "IRS welfare" through the earned income tax credit.....they get a bigger refund than in what taxes they pay in. Then there is HUGE corporate welfare on the Federal Level. The 50 year war on poverty has made things worse with trillions of $$$ spent and no results. The so called 1% rich do not pay an income tax. They structure their income as "dividends" and pay at a much lower capital gains rate BUT $$$$ they pay tremendous amounts of taxes. How do the 5,000 federal workers in the Department of Education help educate Alaskan kids. There are other federal agencies that are as useless....Department of Energy comes to mind. Who's paying for all this crap? The middle class is being destroyed by income taxes and the number of free loaders is growing.  The ONLY way to control government is when EVERYONE pays a sales tax! Everyone has skin in the game.