What other kind of tax breaks are there? Any tax cut for the middle class will be exploited by the super rich who have tax lawyers and accountants. So just keep raising taxes so the middle class pays even more?
Which is another reason it makes no sense to maintain/raise tax rates on the middle class while cutting taxes on the rich. This is burdensome for those paying while it adds very little to public coffers.
It makes sense if you want to make the tax burden more equal, like it is in Europe.