The chunk of money taken out of the lower class is much more significant than the chunk taken out of the rich. thats my main issue.

And I'm saying its equal... it would be 10% either way.

Also i hold no sympathy for any company that touts billions of dollars in profit. Whatever you spend on supplies can be taken out of taxes anyways so the only thing left to tax is pure profit.

Therein lies the rub; the common misconception that "profit" is synonymous with "disposable income."

A company is required to spend their income on bills, just like an individual person is. They’re not just stockpiling and swimming in money. Running a business comes with a proportionate amount of bills to pay in order to remain successful. Being a successful business means being an asset to the country, if it cannot pay its bills and fails then it becomes a liability to the country, people lose jobs, products and services go away, tax revenue goes down.

And no, whatever a company pays a supplier doesn’t count as a tax deduction; it’s an out of pocket expense on net income and a further contributing factor to the prosperity of that supplier and in turn the economy.

My grandfather’s farm took in over 150,000 dollars per year, but after all the bills added up he was only left with about 2,000 or so of disposable income to be spent, saved or invested however he desired. That’s a lot compared to someone living close to the poverty line who has no disposable income, but he also contributed a whole lot to the local economy (supplying several grocery stores in the county with fresh veggies, providing jobs, paying taxes).

Now, consider this on a larger scale, a company that makes 1.2 billion dollars contributes a lot more to the economy on a national scale, sometimes international, not just locally. Companies have expenses to running the business which the money they make needs to be spent on; it’s not all just disposable income. And after all the bills get paid, what do you think enables the growth of the business to continue? investing that disposable income into expansions, or investing in other enterprises which helps grow the economy.

Now, after all is said and done, if you want to complain about the poor not getting a fair shake, about being born into a system that makes it hard to compete or be successful, instead of looking at the pockets of those who already contribute to the economy and saying they need to do more then they already are, try looking at where those taxes are getting spent. What does the government spend on foreign aid and war and government bailouts without any say from the people paying for it?

I acknowledge that there are several examples of crony capitalism in this country, where the rich elite go through a revolving door in the government and have an advantage over other businesses to help their outside companies succeed or to exempt their companies from taxes or fees, but this is the exception, not the rule and I don’t approve of that at all.

But I don’t see how increasing the tax burden on those who aren’t involved in the corruption, and who build the economy in an honest way (i.e. the huge majority of businesses) is “fair” or even effective. If corruption is the issue, then address that, otherwise you're pointing the blame in the wrong direction.