I was aware of that but I'm unsure about the word "increase." If someone made 1 million dollars would they not have to pay any income tax if the previous year they made more than 1 million since that would show a decrease in income and not an "increase?"
So you're saying the reason why Putin didn't take advantage of the wonderful opportunity to invade another country while he had his so-called "stooge" in the White House was because......why?