Everything thats being discussed in this thread is about the stolen production right off the top. If you lump in all the various registrations, business licensing, state/local tax, sales tax, gas tax, inflation tax, billing fees, the rising prices of consumer goods to off set taxes, and everything else in these realms any rise in income tax is brutal.
At least we still got beer and football, because in America, we are the freest slaves in the world, our owners let us keep 40% of what we earn. Next week lets debate the reduction of services and pushing the retirement age till after youre dead.