Here is what happened, quietly, on January 1, 2016

Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35%


?Top Income tax bracket went from 35% to 39.6%

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apital Gains tax went from 15% to 28%

Dividend tax went from 15% to 39.6%

Estate tax went from 0% to 55%

A 3.5% Real Estate transaction tax was added.

These taxes were all passed in the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.

If you think that it is important that everyone in the U.S. should know this as there are many millions who don't, then pass it on.