I think the real issue for it national debate is that the economy in different places has drifted apart so much. On one hand we have people in big cities making

I think the real issue for it national debate is that the economy in different places has drifted apart so much. On one hand we have people in big cities making $300k+ and just living a normal life and we have parts of the South apparently being in a comparable living situation to the third world according to the UN. Yet we talk about it as if it's all the same. It's especially problematic for things like federal taxes.