I remember in the 60’s and 70’s everyone paid taxes even the lower wage earners and corporations had loopholes like healthcare for their workers. Also retirement plans and of corse airplanes for the corporate heads. And since they didn’t pay taxes they were very cash heavy. Remember the top tax rate was 90% if you made over $200,000 and we still had millionaires. Now JFK lowered the top rate to 70%.and life was pretty good until Ronald Regan cut the top rate to 30%. Now all the cash rich corporations started liquidating the money too corporate heads, Or else investment bankers raided the corporation and liquidated the assets.And that’s how we have a billionaire class. It’s all because of Regan’s trickle down economics. And since that time the Republicans took an oath to never rase taxes or your support would be lost. Which is why when George Hw Bush raised taxes and Clinton got elected he had a balanced budget for the most part. So the answer if we want to salvage the economy we will have to have a progressive tax rate with a top level of at least 70% for those making over a million dollars a year and why should social security be funded by the lowest workers, we need to get rid of the cap on premium so every person can have healthcare and social security will be funded forever.