I'll take that stance as well. And to take it a step further, I'll say that unemployment will rise because of it and the actual incomes will fall year over year as a result of those falling out of those brackets from said hikes.

I'm pretty sure that I may be on the chopping block thanks to this hike as well as the dumbass ideas that came out of Sacramento last month. We're barely keeping it together and bringing in almost a million a year in the recession (but still losing money in the end due to taxes, workman's comp, etc) will now have to pay more taxes and get to deduct less. Someone's getting cut soon and I'm glad I'm the only one that can't be replaced right now (because I actually bettered myself and can do literally every job in the building instead of relying on mommy union like too many others). My only worry is if it gets so bad we have to close the doors.