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Most of us, the majority of Americans, don't pay much in federal income tax. Tax Policy Center Average Federal Income Tax for Households by Income Level chart: There is basically no federal income tax to cut anymore until income in the six figures. 2.6% at $70,000 and even at $200,000 it's pretty modest, 11.6%. It's pretty hard to cut federal income taxes very much for anyone but those wealthy enough to be taxed on marginal rates, capital gains rates, dividend rates and estate tax rates. The wealthy pay a smaller percentage of their income in federal taxes than the majority of us.

For years Paul Ryan and GOP have pushed wealthy tax cuts in budget bills with three common components: massively cut taxes esp on the very wealthy, massively cut spending on rest of us, esp on the poor and hiding the huge deficits certain to occur.

The Ryan/Trump/GOP no-healthcare plan was intended to deliver roughly $1 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthy and health care companies which explains the mad rush to push the bill through quickly with added bonus of cutting our safety nets. Passing the AHCA first would make it much easier for more wealthy tax cuts and corps in later tax and budget legislation. Repealing Obamacare would give them an offset by reducing things like Medicaid to about $800 billion allowing them to pile up those tax cuts. Paul Ryan blurted out to Rich Lowry, National Review that we've been dreaming about this since we were drinking from kegs." Paul Ryan said in recent interview with Maria Bartiromo that doing Obamacare repeal, "It's a trillion dollar tax cut, makes tax reform (huge tax cuts for wealthy) much easier to accomplish, a budget bill with "a bigger trillion dollar number in it makes it really hard to do".

It should not be a surprise to anyone anymore that money, our doggone money, has already been redistributed from the majority of us up to the very wealthy in staggering amounts over several decades in tax cut legislation. Life has been fantastic for millionaires and particularly billionaires. The richest 10% as a group receives almost as much government assistance as the poorest 50%. The cost of the entire safety net is only about one sixth of the $2.2 billion in tax breaks and tax avoidance by the wealthy. (Piketty, Saez, Zucman)

You'd think the wealthy would care more about our infrastructure, the conditions and safety of our highways, bridges, dams, water mains, airports, hospitals,etc and services, fire, police, emergency services, etc, safety of our food, drugs, water, etc as they also use and consume these things than increased cuts in their taxes. What I see is that the so-called tax reform crowd want it all at the expense of our country's well-being. Avarice, gluttony and covetousness lead to destruction.