Fatwallet太牛了，上面什么样的信息都有，一不小心就给我找到这个大秘密。难怪好多CEO的工资都很低，或是象征性的$1了，也难怪好多富人捐钱了，捐了钱反而缴的税少的多了。

You're missing the point completely. The super-rich don't pay taxes. Here's how it really works.
The rich take a $1 salary, or donate their salary to get their taxable earned income bracket down into the 10-15% tax bracket, with a long term capital gains tax rate of 0%. Then they backdate their stock options so when they receive them, their accounting record shows they've already "owned" that stock for more than 1 year. Then, since the CEOs are classified as the "working poor" due to their donations they receive a long-term capital gains tax rate of 0%.
In 2006, Steve Jobs earned $646 million in stock compensation. He probably paid 5% taxes on it, the old rate for the working poor. He also donated money to look like a hero just to avoid paying taxes which would have been more expensive. He ended up with more money in his pocket than he should have.
So the real tax rate on the super-wealthy is 0%. Then they donate so they don't look like the non-contributors they really are.
There's a reason why Buffet says his class is winning the class wars. It's because his class is not paying $59 in taxes for the meal, his class worked out an arrangement with the restaurant owner (his buddies) where he's paying $0 and donating his efforts of inviting you and transporting you to the restaurant so you can pay the high taxes while he eats without taxes.
To keep up appearances, the tax records are kept private, and the owner collects the taxes one by one, not letting anyone know what the others are actually paying in taxes. They only display the standard rates. The standard rates don't factor in these shenanigans of lowering tax brackets and having a second tax system of 0% capital gains for the wealthy.