john: justice oliver wendell holmes once said taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.iberals like to cite that but he said that in 1927 when taxes were just 10 percent of gdp. that is enough to pay for a civilized society but government has grown so far far, so fast it is now spending 40 percent of gdp. is too big but i do want to to pay my fair share. what is fair? i now give most of my income to the government. pork people pay a smaller percentage of those say that's fair. budget congressmen louie gohmert says it is not fair and that means what? >> whe people hear the word fair share it should be a flat tax the only way to truly make things fair so that if you make more you pay more make it a flat tax the president -- president has talked repeatedly about warren buffett not payng their rate as the secretary. fix it. make capital gains 15 or the income tax 15. we can work out a number but make it flat to make it fair you hear people say i want it fair but they cannot tell you what the fair share is. you give them the numbers of the top 1 percent making 13 percent of t

john: justice oliver wendell holmes once said taxes are what we pay for a civilized society. liberals like to cite that but he said that in 1927 when taxes were just 10 percent of gdp. at is enough to pay for a civilized society but government has grown so far far, so fast it is now spending 40 percent of gdp. is too big but i do want to to pay my fair share. what is fair? i now give most of my income to the government. pork people pay a smaller percentage of those say that's fair. budget congressmen louie gohmert says it is not fair and that means what? >> when people hear the word fair share it should be a flat tax the only way to truly make things fair so that if you make more you pay more make it a flat tax the president -- president has talked repeatedly about warren buffett not paying their rate as the secretary. fix it. make capital gains 15 or the income tax 15. we can work out a number but make it flat to make it fair you hear people say i want it fair but they cannot tell you what the fair share is. you give them the numbers of the top 1 percent making 13 percent of

hamer: there's a famous quote from oliver wendell holmes, which is that if you want to live a long life, the best thing to do... is go out and advertise for some long-lived parents. the reason for that, of course, is that aging and dying, like many aspects of our health, are at least partly controlled by our genes. people that have long-lived parents are more likely to live a long life. narrator: but genes are not always destiny. studies show that many of the physiological changes that occur later in life can be avoided, or slowed down by choosing a healthy lifestyle long before the physiological changes that occur later in life become apparent. things that help people age successfully are things that our moms probably taught us: eat right, exercise, stay involved and active. people who age well really do seem to be folks who have maintained a lot of physical and cognitive kinds of activity. the fact is, many seniors do not eat adequately, for reasons not necessarily related to their physical condition, or to their economic well-being. dr. lipson: most of our frail seniors in this count

and whether we expect our rates to go up or down, most appear to agree with the words of oliver wendell holmesnscribed on the i.r.s. headquarters. taxes, he wrote, are what we pay for a civilized society. >> i don't want to seem misty-eyed and all happy about the income tax. i personally hate paying them as much as anybody. i certainly hate the process of paying them. i don't think that that's entirely bad because it is a moment of connection, of reflection. it's a moment for everyone to sit back and think, okay, this is what i'm paying for. i hope i get my money's worth. >> reporter: most americans probably won't include birthday cards with their 1040 forms tomorrow. even a few members of mr. haynes' middle school class were less than celebratory. as adele wrote, happy 100th birthday, federal income tax, thank you for giving me one more thing to not look forward to as i commence into adulthood. ♪ we're in the money ♪ we've got a lot of what it takes to get a loan ♪ ♪ we're in the money ♪ the sky is... >> osgood: next, meet the real j.c. penney. ♪ (alarm clock buzzer) ♪ (announcer) friskies. n