[bigdaddy45]

Big difference is that now a very large segment of the population doesn’t pay ANY income tax. At all. Therefore, they view tax hikes as something that will only apply to someone else.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Big difference is that now a very large segment of the population doesn’t pay ANY income tax. At all. Therefore, they view tax hikes as something that will only apply to someone else.

That's a legitimate point. Reagan's well-intentioned idea to drop the poor from the tax roles has backfired. Everyone needs to have skin in the game.

[snoringbear]

“ Big difference is that now a very large segment of the population doesn’t pay ANY income tax. At all. Therefore, they view tax hikes as something that will only apply to someone else.”
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You nailed it. The country has passed the tipping point. Sadly, there are now more Takers than Makers. We’ve become the Gimmie State.