Bernie Sanders vs Donald Trump, compare and contrast..?

The biggest reason is that they are still writing off losses from the market crash. You can not write everything off in one year, there is a maximum so what you did not write off before can be carried forward and written off of your taxes in future years. In fact if you check the CBO reports you will find that tax revenues for 2008 were $2.5 trillion but in 2009 that dropped to $2.1 trillion that is a 16% drop and in 2010 the revenue was only up slightly at $2.115 trillion.

What this should tell you (not you personally but maybe so) is that when the US becomes dependent upon the rich for their income when the rich suffer so does the government. Look at California before the internet bubble and after the bubble burst. There is a state that quickly went from feast to famine due to a loss of revenue from the rich.

That in no way means that the rich should not pay taxes, I am just stating that as a matter of fact.

The magic of loop holes and creative accounting.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.