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 Did you read the article you posted? The article was very negative on the idea. Granted the source was NYTs so no surprise there. So if what they had to say is true then it would not be huge in a good way but a very bad way. I am not an economist and have a hard time knowing who to believe these days. Both sides of the arguments sound correct to me. 🤷🏼 
 I just picked a random article on it, that’s my bad I should have read it. My argument against Income tax is that it in no way is “keeping our country afloat”. Roads aren’t built with taxes they are built with debt in our modern society. The arguments against the topic are incorrect, the tax is only being used to pay down the interest on the $35T in debt. All other government expenses are being paid for by new debt. Trumps argument is that tariffs can do what the tax money is doing towards interest, and this will give Americans more money in their pockets. I agree, although the tariffs will surely make everything more expensive as well so it’s a double edged sword