How to Save America

In which our intrepid social commentator boils down all the challenges facing our great nation into a relative handful of simple—but not simplistic—solutions.

STEP FOUR: ELIMINATE CORPORATE TAXES

Here's a trick question for all my friends both liberal and conservative: What percentage of U.S. taxes are paid by for-profit businesses?

And the answer is: zero.

Yes, it's hard to believe at first, but corporations really don't pay any taxes to the government. Instead, they collect money from...