The plan to double the Standard Deduction is SUICIDAL!

It would DECREASE today's dangerously small percentage of people who pay any Income Tax (only 48%) and worsen the even more dangerous fact that the top 20% pay an astounding 88% of all the Income Tax, with only 53% of the Income (source: CBO, 2013 tax data). Any further decrease would be irreversable and leave taxpayers indefensible.

Instead, the taxpaying population must be gradually INCREASED over time by phasing out  1) the Standard deduction, 2) ALL Itemized Deductions, 3) the deduction for Personal Exemptions, 4) especially ALL Refundable Tax Credits, and  5) the exclusion for Employer Provided Health Care.