Originally Posted by
DeadHead
The resultant economic crash as a result of such action by Congress would cost the government a heck of a lot more money.
Absolutely.
People with this viewpoint will always look at it as you were getting tax subsidies to begin with and especially so on 401ks. And it's time to end tax subsidies on the rich. They'll always be nipping at it but thankfully congress folks want to keep getting elected.