Title: Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System? - Quora
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Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System?
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Content: • The State's definition of fairness
Versus
• The Individual's right to freedom
A state can mandate whatever it collectively decides is "fair" and an individual has the inalienable right to "freedom". These two positions can be diametrically in opposition of each other. As colonies in North America the population was ruled by King George of England. Taxes to support the British Empire were necessary, and heavy handed. One can debate the morality of this from two polar opposite views: • Any government has the authority to require its citizens to support that government through taxes. The Christian teaching is clear on this matter, "Render into Caesar t
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Is progressive taxation immoral? In the United States, the top 20% of households by income pay 96% of the Federal Income Taxes that fund the Federal Government. OMB: Top 20% pay 95% of taxes, middle class 'single digits' The lower 45% of households pay ZERO, and many of those actually receive income and taxpayer-funded benefits while contributing nothing to the costs of Federal Government.