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From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco)
Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.singles,net.flame
Subject: Re: Marriage penalty
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Date: Sat, 16-Feb-85 00:28:58 EST
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> Question:  What's the difference between big difference between SOs
> living together and SOs married?
> IRS:  The married ones are poorer because they get to pay more taxes.
> 
> It seems to me that something is terribly unfair here.  
> 
> Spike
> {ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!stj

The US income tax is supposed to be a progressive tax. The idea is that
those who afford it should pay more than those who can't. A married couple
with two incomes of ~$30K pay more than twice as much as a single person
earning $30K--- but they pay much less than a single person earning $60K.
The couple pays more because they can afford to pay more.

There is no such thing as a marriage penalty. The penalty is against single
people, and has been for as long as I've been paying taxes.

						Michael Esco
						Boeing Aerospace