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Tom Byron
, I've been to as many funerals as births. Answered 8 years ago · Author has 8.1K answers and 9.2M answer views
Is there any moral justification for our Progressive Income Tax System? There are two distinct forces at play in this debate and I will make my case for "NO" for the answer to this question: • The State's definition of fairness
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• 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: