All this talk about taxes...and a million & one ideas, Just tax everyone the same % period. No Deductions and No need to file a tax return, fire the IRS. If you make $200,000 a year and pay say 10% it cost you $20,000 in tax, where as if you make say $40,000 a year and pay the same 10% it cost you $4,000 in tax. They take 10% of your pay, every pay period and just keep it. Now I know a bunch of people making say less than $50,000 a year will say NO, tax the rich at a higher rate. At the same time a bunch of people making over $200,000 a year will say forget that I need my deductions and loopholes. That's the best thing about this idea, nobody really likes it which must mean everybody would be paying their fare share. I read an article about this guy who normally makes $500,000 a year but 2010 was a bad year for investments and what not so he only made a little over $200,000 last year, his federal income tax was $2000. He paid 1% of his income in federal tax. Must be nice, I paid $2000 in federal income tax also, but I only made $35,000. While he got away with only paying 1%, I had to pay over 5%. I like my idea better, tax everyone the same, NO deductions, No loopholes, No if's, ands or buts'. And most important of all...No Tax Returns!!!

I WHOLE HEARTEDLY agree with Let Freedom Ring Now!  He has an excellent idea.  One my husband and I have been discussing for years.  Hey, maybe if all of America would stand up, we could take our country back!  I am a patriot, through and through.  I have served my country and am now the spouse of a servicemember still serving our country!  I come from a long line of patriotic people.  Listen up America!!!  It is time to STAND UP!!!  We need to reclaim our country and realize that no one is a minority!  Once you decide to live in this country, all rules, regulations, laws and taxes apply.  We need to stop pulling race cards and stand TOGETHER!!!  Our country needs its PRIDE BACK!!!  Let's start with taxes and work our way up to the deeper issues!

If Alaska has the lowest tax on gas then can someone tell me why I am paying the highest price for gas aside from Hawaii? 

The sales tax item is misleading and deceptive. Without reviewing the exemptions afforded by different states, merely presenting the sales tax percent does not provide a fair comparison. For example, Mass has a 6.25% sales tax, but it exempts quite a bit including groceries. Additionally, various parts of other states have local sales taxes in place. Thus, while the gas, cigarette, and beer rates may be comparable, sales taxes are not comparable.

This article about the taxes is incorrect regarding Arizona.  Sales tax in this State is 9.1% in my area of Glendale on most items.  Taxes go down to 6.6% for certain items but I rarely am able to get that tax rate for the everyday items that most of us purchase.  I don't know how the tax on gas is only .19 cents a gallon when the lowest gas (unleaded-81 octane) is $ 3.43.9 a gallon.  I doubt if the charge is only .19 cents per gallon at those prices.   

  Who compiled all of these figures anyway?  That person did not do a good job.  Or maybe they got the information from a politician?