On March 26, 2010,the non-partisan Congres-sional Budget Ofﬁce (CBO)announced that by 2020, theU.S. debt will be 90% of our Gross Domestic Product.This is a debt of $170,000 per household.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/26/cbos-2020-vision-debt-will-rise-to-90-of-gdp/z

Both charts published by the Congressional Budget Ofﬁce

Currently, the U.S. tax brackets are set against produc-tivity. The more you make, themore you pay. However, it is notdirectly equitable to one’s income percentage. [Figure 2-A] This isa progressive tax and is one of ten pillars laid out in Karl Marx’sCommunist Manifesto.Under the current tax system,the tax burden is shifted to a smallnumber of people. [Figure 2-B], Thisleaves vast amounts of Americans notcontributing. This burden was prom-ised to be shifted even further towardsthe few when President Obama wasstill campaigning. [Figure 2-C]. Thistactic allows for those in control of the tax system to manipulate large populations of voters by promisingthem tax cuts. It doesn’t however,solve inequality, it creates it.

Figure 2-AFigure 2-BFigure 2-C

% is average after-tax income. Chart from WaPo 9/21/2008.