text: I have an issue with it as well, which is why I'm posting about it on the news forum and not Facebook, as well as contacting reps.  Someone making $20,000 a year is paying a 5.5% tax while someone making $50,000 a year is only paying a 2.2% tax.  
  
  You say people should have their say when they vote.  I agree.  But if you're going to sack the existing system for paying for state services by making the poor pay more, then they should also have more say in government.
  
  IOW, use the proper channels, both in gaining income for the state, and by voting, rather than allowing someone to dictate outrageous terms.