re: If by simplify you mean...
The rich pay most of the Income Tax in america. That much is true. And it is only true if you define the rich as the top 10 percent of Income Tax payers for nearly all years(and thats supported by YOUR data!). Do you actually think that 1 out of 10 tax payers are "the wealthy"?
I've asked you several times to define what level of income you consider wealthy. To the best of my knowledge, you've never answered the question. This is yet another opportunity for you to quit playing around the rhetoric and actually answer the question. I doubt you will. It's all too easy to rant about the wealthy without having to define your terms, but it makes rational discussion just about impossible.