[arrogantsob]

It should be clear that when 50% pay no federal income taxes it is almost impossible to stop higher taxes.

There will never be smaller government as long as there is a huge constituency which believes tax policy is used and should be used to punish those with more than it.

Your thinking on this is missing a critical element.

[muawiyah]

Read the posts on the thread ~ federal personal income taxes can be abolished and all income treated as capital gains. That way you’d have the rich on your side regarding what was a satisfactory deduction.

[Dr. Sivana]

It should be clear that when 50% pay no federal income taxes it is almost impossible to stop higher taxes.

No. It is not clear. There are numerous taxes (e.g. esoteric excise taxes) that are paid by a small percentage that get reduced or eliminated over time. There are silly taxes that almost everyone pays that stay on the books for decades (e.g. Spanish-American War phone tax). FICA is universal, and that goes up as well.

So, no. It is not clear.