Originally Posted by
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You realize you pay the exact same amount of tax, down to the penny, that those who earn less than you pay, right? It seems you don't understand the US tax code very well.
Umm. Do you care to explain? I'm pretty sure that this sentence is flat out wrong.
There are graduated scales (progressive tax) so people who earn more pay a larger percentage of their income to taxes. I'm in one of the higher brackets, and I'm okay with that. I can afford it. But a flat tax disproportionately taxes lower incomes, and that's not right. If you make $40,000 a year, far more of your income goes to the basics of life than someone earning $400,000.