Title: Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System? - Quora
Headings: Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System?
Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System?
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Rebecca Warner
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Is progressive taxation fair? Hell yes, progressive rates of income tax are fair. I assume when you refer to progressive taxation, you refer to income tax rates. There are other taxes (such as sales tax and property tax) that are extremely regressive. Wealthy people typically pay a very small part of their income for commodities such as gasoline, housing, food (and similar essentials). For low income people, these costs use a large portion of their income - and cost them a large part of their income on associated taxes. If you ask: what percent of income goes to taxes on gasoline or food costs for low income people, it is much higher than the percent of income for wealthier people. Progressive income tax go part of the way (certainly less than all of the way) toward correcting for the regressive effects of things like sa
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