I have been a blue collar worker all of my life working for wages & being paid by the hour. I do not own a business & have no political power. I disagree with an income tax of any kind no matter what fancy words are used to try & disguise it by calling it another name. I disagree with it on the principals of private property rights, individual liberty & freedom. I feel the budget should be cut more, across the board. After that was done sufficiently, I would support a flat sales tax where all citizens would be involved in paying the bills of state. This would lead to more frugal government when all citizens had to pay the bills & had something to lose. Politicians could not buy votes by promising to redistribute other people’s wealth with government benefits that the other guy has to pay for. Marx & Engels adopted the income tax in their “Communist Manifesto”. Our Founding Fathers did not believe in a direct tax on individuals. https://nccs.net/1996-03-answers-to-americas-tax-problems