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I think sweeping tax reforms [that are probably a metaphysical impossibilty] are the only way to turn our putative “progressive” tax system into an actual progressive tax system.
I have long suspected that it is exceedingly regressive, and getting moreso with each passing year.
Meaning that the middle class really is paying an outsized share for whatever federal spending this nation chooses.