The earth is flat.

I agree post war high marginal tax rates with large deductions for spending is the right way. We’ve solved this problem before. It’s the real “trickle down” because it’s forced spending.

US income tax is only unpopular because of the onerous filing requirements. Most wage earners could get they tax statement mailed to them by the IRS but the Tax Prep Duopoly (Intuit and HR Block) lobby against this as do the “starve the beast” crowd.

In a blaze of TexMex