Al Sharpton dodging his tax obligation certainly is no surprise. It fits his profile.

But the bigger story is Obama pushing the Buffet Rule. Presidents Taft, Johnson, Nixon and clinton all promised to tax the rich but ended up hitting the middle class. If you recall the Alternative Maximum Tax was suppose to ensure that the rich paid their fair share. The rich loopholed around the provision and a substantial increase of the AMT hit the middle class hard.

Even if Obama's 30% minimum on the rich was effective it wouldn't raise enough tax over a 10 year period to pay this year's obligation.

People need to stop thinking about tax "fairness" and start thinking about effective tax policy. If they did perhaps the Al Sharpton's couldn't as easily
dodge their obligation.

The nation would benefit it Congress lowered corporate and personal income taxes, eliminated capital gains and dividends taxes and eliminate estate taxes. by doing so more of this money would be reinvested into the economy by way of capital spending, research and development consumer spending.

One final thought. I use a gold fish net to catch geckos on my lanai, perhaps we need a large gold fish net to catch the Al Sharpton's have them pay then release them