It's an instrument of class warfare.
You are of course correct....... in the long run. In the immediate present there is no possibility of the income tax being rescinded.
The President constantly tauts fairness for a doctrine that is decidedly unfair. His policy is discrimination at it’s very worst. Not only that, but the policy will not have a significant impact on the debt. The policy is purely political rabble rousing.
If serious about raising revenue and most importantly about fairness, the Standard Deduction must be reduced. Discussing fairness in terms of reducing the Standard Deduction puts the lie to the president’s words. People understand the concept of fairness
It is action and not the passive apathetic inaction that rules Free Republic