Curb your appetite for high returns

Returns from the stock and bond markets aren't what they used to be. Today, we are mired in an economy going nowhere, which provides limited investment opportunities because of the twin government sins of excess spending and overhanging future tax increases. Forty percent of taxpayers pay 90% of all income taxes, and the top 5% of taxpayers pay 40% of all income taxes. What is the “fair share” to be paid that government asserts the taxpayers are not already paying? Two huge pieces of misinformation cloud our view of what is really happening: