Ah. It's not the greedy individuals with no morals that cause problems, it's the "republicans that have been raking in wealth". The lobbyists contributing millions on behalf of auto dealers, unions, alcohol distributors and so on don't have any influence?

Here's a 2003 analysis of tax load: http://www.house.gov/jec/publications/109/Research%20Report_109-20.pdf

And here is the current: http://www.house.gov/jec/news/2008/Oct/pr110-50.pdf