French Revolution connection

In history class, we have been reading and learning about the French Revolution.  And I have been reading about our politics today.  Right now, we basically have no government.  They just stopped.  It sounds a little like when French king Louis XVI tried to run from the kingdom.  Also one of the things that caused the revolution was that the rich didn't have to pay taxes.  We'll guess what, America is doing the same thing. Everyone still has to pay taxes though, but the rich could be paying more.  A lot of things aren't looking good as of right now, but hopefully they will get better.