It doesn't sound like we're disagreeing? I'm saying that the tax system needs to be more progressive to better fight income inequality, and that the tax cuts m

It doesn't sound like we're disagreeing? I'm saying that the tax system needs to be more progressive to better fight income inequality, and that the tax cuts made things less progressive. And some responses to the claim that nearly half of Americans don't pay federal income tax: https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/five-myths-about-the-47-percent/ https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/five-myths-about-the-47-p... The biggest one missing is that a sizable number of Americans are either retired, too young, still in school, disabled, etc., and don't earn a meaningful amount of income for these reasons. Why would you even expect everyone to pay taxes when not everyone earns income??