******How is that.......5% of the population pay well over half of the taxes collected while the bottom 50% pay 0%.******

Because the bottom is struggling to keep a roof overhead and pay the heating and grocery bill and have money to take the bus while the top has reaped the cream of education and opportunity and/or inheritance to own multiple mansions, fleets of cars and can eat filet mignon every day if they want to. Many of the wealthy who have risen from poverty have no complaint about paying more taxes, because they know with the means they have it is important to support education, infrastructure and security in our country in a way that they could not when they were poor. It is interesting that people who are anti-government, anti-taxes don't see that the government is us, that we should be collectively creating and maintaining our country to the best of our ability to contribute.