There have been many instances and data that show that the rich and especially the super rich actually get taxed less than the blue collar workers in America. Many people whom are already rich or poor for that matter disagree with this statement, but unfortunately most of them don’t understand how the system works enough to see how the SUPER rich are getting away with it. Warren Buffet, who has long been in the top 3 RICHEST people in the WORLD and sometimes the RICHEST. He's been quoted for saying that he pays a lower rate of tax then his employees and secretary. He said that he only pays about 17.7 percent tax on the MILLIONS that he makes while his secretary pays about 30 percent, says the WASHINGTON POST.The greedy bastard who owns millions of shares of Coca-Cola comes out and admits that he is taxed less.

If you know the system, he is taxed less due to the fact that a lot of the super rich like him make money off of capital gains that come from stocks and companies appreciating in value like Coke and Wal-Mart. These long term capital gains are taxed at a much lower rate than money that is earned by people i.e. like his secretary. The only problem with this formula is that the Rich are usually the ones who make most the money from long term capital gains via different markets (i.e. stocks, bonds, real estate, corporations etc., etc.) This is just one of the ways that the super rich avoid heavy taxation AND they aren't even using any loop-holes. These are just legal tax rates that have been set down by the government. See why I hate too much government?