article_snippet.sent: Let's just say that when it comes to taxes for the average American, "stuff" happens (keeping the colonoscopy metaphor running), paycheck to tax-reduced paycheck.  
article_snippet.sent: The fact of the matter is there is plenty not to like when it comes to the U.S. tax system.
article_snippet.sent: For example, the laws are biased against two-worker marriages; taxes go up when two relatively equal earners marry, as the rate brackets for couples are less than double that for single filers.
article_snippet.sent: Taxes are also overly complex and essentially optional for the truly rich, who make Taxes wealth off of Taxes existing wealth, the largely untaxed returns from capital, rather than by getting ordinary paychecks like most of us.
article_snippet.sent: In brief, the U.S. tax system is increasingly a wage tax, with limited taxes on capital (what the rich have) and limited deductions for most of us.  
article_snippet.sent: For example, 3 out of 4 Americans using a standard deduction get no break for 3 out of 4 Americans using a standard deduction charitable contributions.
article_snippet.sent: Of course, there are still those annoying matters of the deep unfairness of the tax laws, biased against modern families and wage earners, and in favor of the rich living off capital.  
highlights_snippet.sent: There's a fundamental unfairness to U.S. tax laws .
  