Reply #59: yes I don't understand why people don't see this

[sammytko]

for example - tax rates - why shouldn't everyone pay the same rate? Estate tax - why pay taxes on money that was already taxed?

If everyone had 10 apples and I wanted to make a pie and I made Howie give me 5 apples but Stu only had to give me 1 - is that fair? We're talking percentage here - Howie has to give 50% and Stu 10%.

If you died and left 20 apples to your kids and they got to keep them all, but Stu died and left 30 apples to his kids, but they had to give back 10, is that fair? Shouldn't everyone give 30% ala Stu?