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We very well might need to raise taxes. But first lets cut spending and see what happens. We also might not need to raise taxes.

If we do need to raise taxes then lets start by cutting deductions and exemptions and special breaks that only some people can avail themselves of. Taxes need to be executed equally under the law.

The whole business of investment income versus earned income is best avoided but not taxing any income by returning to the constitution which originally said there could be no direct taxes.

btw, i am remined that when the income tax was first proposed people said  it was a horrible idea because it would allow the gov to get between the private interactions of an employer and an employee and to violate the privacy they have because it would be necessary to know how much each person earned.

So why is it that the gov has any business at all knowing how much I or you earn and why is no one complaining about that? It must be the frog in the water thing. We have lost this freedom and we don't even think about it.