Oh, and the reasons that so many Americans have lost income over the past generation or two are,
1) Outsourcing of American's jobs overseas, by the American managers of many American companies.
2) Competitive pressure driving wages down by millions of illegal immigrants pouring into the US who are willing to work for less. Naturally, American companies are eager to save money on labor by illegally hiring such people.
So screw these people who have lost their jobs or have lost much of their incomes due to these reasons. They should pay as much, percentage-wise in taxes as someone making $100,000 a year, or if they can't manage that, then AT LEAST as much as someone making $1,000,000 a year.
Fair is fair, right?
Gramps
Damn those lucky Americans whose income had dipped so low that they have dropped right out of the federal income tax brackets altogether.

DAMN THEM TO HELL!