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Can't we use history to figure out what's going happen next?

The executive branch turns into a dictatorship (by definition, not slander, and definitely no change to the Constitution or Congress)

Taxes will be too high on the masses, revolt happens, rich politicians fracture the country.

Isn't this what always happens?

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You're saying "taxes will be too high on the masses" but this proposal would reduce taxes on everyone below the 95th percentile (or perhaps 90th?) in income. If almost everyone gets less taxes, how will that make them too high for the masses? You can disagree on whether it'd be practical, or whether the knock-on effects would be good, or whether the philosophy behind the decision is something you agree with, or any number of other things, but... I don't see how you can see a proposal that explicitly lowers taxes in almost every bracket, and say most people are going to complain about their taxes going up.

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