Then at $110,000 education expenses are no longer deductible.
Then at $150,000, most additional government benefits like the $2,000 payback is no longer available.
Literally, it does not pay to be a W-2 employee at high incomes. There are extremely few tax breaks and no “program” monies of any kind.
High income earners pay for everything. They not only pay most of the taxes paid, but they also get nothing back like the lower incomes.