well.....
payroll taxes are the direct contributions to Social Security, right...? so those should't really be in the whole discussion, since it is supposed to be an isolated trust fund, not related to overall general federal spending (CERTAINLY not in a discussion of government REVENUE, although the grubby hands certainy raid this cookie jar frequently enough)
corporate taxes really ARE income taxes... to incorporate a company means to treat the company as a stand alone individual (for liability purposes... the buck stops THERE), and the cost (from the investors viewpoint) of that bargain is that ... corrporations are treated as stand alone individuals (and their income is taxed as such)
borrowing shouldn't be treated as revenue per se either. It is the stopgap fix to meet the shortfall of costs versus revenue... not a source of revenue. I would hope that any tax cutting champion would have the nads to AT LEAST first cut spending enough that there isn't a deficit BEFORE the tax cuts are even implimented... In my opinion tax cuts without matching spending cuts are the ABSOLUTE PINACLE of lazy incompetent populist pussy-ass governing. (not holding my breath, though.)
anyway... just some musings.
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