I think excessive taxation is almost as oppressive as taxation without representation. I believe that in some enlightened parallel universe the founding fathers included an item in the Bill Of Rights for citizens limiting ALL taxes combined on any one taxpyer to 10 % of gross; eliminated ALL exclusions; trimmed their enforcement arm by 60%, and since the form was so point-blank simple, were able to liberate 80% of the Revenue Service staff, whom they then put to work in trimming government waste and auditing the military industrial complex.

As it is, governments who can ramp taxes up to a net total of 60 to 80 per cent of revenue (as sometimess happens in the highly civilized "non"-corrupt countries like Denmark are like big black holes sucking down the efforts of their citizenry. This seriously compromises the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.