[tpgauthier]

This one statistic, taken out of context is kind of meaningless. Do the remaining 34% pay outsize amounts? It is the same thing with personal taxation, the top 10% accounts for over 70% of the tax base. To make a fair judgment you need to consider more information. Are the 66% of companies not paying taxes the LLC's and S-Corps used by most small business people? Are they not paying taxes because they face losses their first years in operations, or are only marginally profitable?

The thing that always concerns me is that the USA is the second most expensive place to do business in the world, just behind Japan.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/printer/22501.html

It is a complex issue and deserves a full account.