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Taxes have gone up on the "middle class" as well as the "rich" They do it by loss of deductions many times. Then the AMT is not indexed so many people lose their entire deduction strategy because the AMT kicks in.
If you think personal taxes are bad, I am a small/medium business owner. We found out the hard way that we get to pay both the employer and employee portion of taxes on all "profit". So basically of the profit we made last year, 45% went back out again at the end in taxes. On top of that, the affordable care act actually PROHIBITED us from providing health care for our employees because even thou it was better than nothing and the employees asked for it, the coverage didn't meet the required minimum and is no longer available. So now our employees have to find their own coverage. Go figure.If anyone tells you that Obama is helping small businesses, slap them in the face please on my behalf. He is not only not helping, but making it VERY difficult to save up "profit" to cover for future costs. The only way to "save money" is to spend it ahead of time so there is no profit to pay tax on.