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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
but somehow progressive income tax rates are made out to be a matter of incentives to earn marginal income.
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Well, when the marginal rate is 90%, it might be.
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I would prefer that we get away from this tax=incentives talk
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The trick, though, is that incentive actually do matter in the real world.
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I believe that our use of progressive taxation have played a role in our abysmal levels of political participation by low income families -- not only minorities and the politically disenfranchised (whatever that means) but also by youth.
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Maybe, but I'm not sure taxing them into caring is an improvement either.
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Progressive taxation creates this vast gulf between people who don't pay much into government and don't care what it does
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Now I think you have gone to far. The people you are talking about also largely have no voice. No matter how much they care, they aren't cutting checks to campaigns, so they don't really matter. The most they can do for a politician is add a vote, and maybe influence a few other voters. That counts way less than a check for two grand.
ETA: Also, FICA should count as skin in the game.
