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by jstewartmobile 2224 days ago
1. Elite suppression of the upper-middle class (upper-middle class pays most of the taxes). Imagine the kind of market competition / wage pressures they'd face if doctors/lawyers/engineers only had to pay the same rates Warren Buffet does.

2. Assault eugenics on the poor (even if they get big refunds in April, they are still subject to withholding on their meager paychecks). More time wrestling with payday lenders and scrambling to get their 39 hours in == less time making more babies.