The next step is going to be a tax on accumulated assets. A wealth tax. Then there will be the various 401k/IRA schemes.
They will allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, implement the *taxes on the rich* and then, voila: reinstate the Bush rates for anyone making up to $75k or so. That will be headlined as “The Obama middle class tax cut”.
That, along w/forgiving student loans for government work or whatever other goals they have and other incentives will give them a permanent middle class majority voter bloc.
States do have that power, and do so ~ since they are not prohibited from engaging in direct taxation.
The income tax is a tax on income, not accumulated wealth, except for those millions of us who live paycheck to paycheck ~ then the income tax is a direct tax on accumulated wealth!
The leftwingtards appear to be unfamiliar with the constitution ~ which mean, ultimately, they will need to be reeducated!