Currently, the top 50% of taxpayers pay 89% of all federal income taxes. And only about half of Americans pay income tax.<p>So doing some back of envelope math, that corresponds to maybe about a $200 tax savings for the <i>median citizen</i>. But an increase of about $600 on their purchases.<p>This is an extremely bad deal <i>even if you are moderately wealthy</i>. Income tax is not an ideal tax, but at least by its nature it's leveraged on people with income. But a sales tax affects you even if you are retired. There is no strategic savings strategy you can use to avoid it.<p>There's an irony that the last election was supposedly about inflation and the economy - but between this, the tariffs, and the (supposed) foreign policy agenda - we're looking at one of the most expensive US administrations sessions ever.