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@WyIted
The estimates you are using are speculative and put out by the managerial elite who are very pissed they are losing power . Notice how they have to use weasel words like "we estimate loss of resources for the poor"
They're put out by the congressional budget office. This is probably the best source there is. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office
The tax deduction for tips and overtime pay is probably a good start but its not a very big impact. Seems more like throwing a bone than actually giving a shit. What Id like to see is an elimination of social security and medicare taxes on wages and have the funding loss replaced by increasing the federal income tax (ie shift the tax burden from a regressive tax on labor to a progressive tax on all income sources, especially unearned income like interest, dividends, capital gains etc)
