Well my concern will be the exemptions. The poor think they ought not have to pay. The retiring think they ought not have to pay. Who pays? The bees? We need a fair system where everyone is treated equally. People should be encouraged to work. Some of us won’t work much OT because it puts us in a higher income bracket. Several years ago, I got a cost of living raise. I was shocked that I then made a few dollars less. I tried to refuse the raise but was told I had to take it.