Original sentence: But, you will never hear even one republican in Congress propose this measure, because why would they pass up a chance for new campaign contributions from their rich constituents.If the USA experiences high salary inflation, the AMT will become the dominant tax - essentially a flat tax - which is a common plank on the GOP Political Platform.In recent years, there have been several proposals to change or eliminate the AMT.It is trivial to "fix the AMT" by indexing the thresholds to inflation.The AMT is considered a "third rail" of american politics - because it "soaks the rich" - at least until a majority of citizens are paying AMT.There are far fewer loopholes in the AMT than in the general tax code.Thus, it is a recognized Republican Party strategy to produce a big inflation, get everyone paying the AMT, and then load the AMT tax code with loopholes in return for campaign contributions