"In this part of the world, it's always the low-income earners and small businesses that get taxed heavily."

Here it is the middle class that gets hit the hardest. The rich get a bunch of tax cuts and loopholes to exploit. If a person makes less than (I think) $5,000 a year they pay no taxes on their income but a person really can't live on that to begin with.

I am sorry to hear you are having to deal with all that hassle, it always sucks when you spend all your time working and the government has to come and take almost half of it.