Higher income individuals can afford to pay higher dollar amounts in taxes. The least fair tax is the sales tax - specifically sales taxes levied on life's necessities, such as food purchased in grocery stores. There is large variation across the country in terms of state/local tax burdens on the poor.
The U.S. Air Force recognized the merit of Weibull's method and funded his research until 1975. Today, Weibull analysis is the leading method in the world for fitting and analyzing life data. Dorian Shainin introduced the author to statistical engineering at the Hartford Graduate Center (RPI) in the mid-fifties.
Gerhard Ludwig Weinberg (born 1 January 1928) is a German-born American diplomatic and military historian noted for his studies in the history of World War II. Weinberg currently is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member of the history faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill since 1974.