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Comment by bigfishrunning

4 hours ago

When income tax was first implemented, less then 1% of people had to pay it. Taxes are a slippery slope, and that number will slide down.

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AnthonyMouse  3 hours ago

They don't even have to change the number. Per capita GDP growth and inflation cause the same number to impact more ordinary people over time by doing nothing.

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