[WOBBLY BOB]

Rather than lower taxes, and broaden the base(IE-everyone pays taxes, not just 50% of us) Worried Buffoon would rather tax a select group of his liking.

Selective "targeted taxation" /"targeted tax cuts" is what lead to all these "loopholes" Worried Buffoon is lamenting.

[Tublecane]

“Selective ‘targeted taxation’ /’targeted tax cuts’ is what lead to all these ‘loopholes’ Worried Buffoon is lamenting.”

I’ve always wondered why this sort of thing doesn’t violate bills of attainder or equal protection, since every other group under the sun is apparently able to invoke it. I’m sure SCOTUS has babbled on about how the wealthy can be discriminated against because we say so, but I frankly don’t see how special tax classes are any different than other forms of discrimination.

By the way, this is all assuming current trends in equal protection thought (or should I say feeling). In my perfect world rights talk would be much, much, much more limited.