1. It would be interesting if everybody paid exactly the same amount of taxes. But kind of dumb. I think people should pay taxes in proportion to the amount of services they receive and in proportion to the amount of money they save.

2. Yes. For example, I'll bet that Bill Gates can talk to any member of Congress, regardless of party, or the president whenever he feels so moved. I'll bet if Gates asks for an explanation of a particular gov service or regulation that he will get an answer from the upper levels of the bureaucracy. Also, I'm just guessing here, but if he called Hillary or Rudolph and said he was especially interested in some issue or other that those politicians would be awfully interested in discussing it. If he had a credible death threat against him his local and state government would be all over it.

Compare and contrast that with some middle class family member from Everett.

3. No, but taxes on consumption of those goods should be in direct proportion to the sale price so that the more one consumes, the greater the tax burden.