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From: stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen)
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: progressive systems are fair?
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 12:53:44 EST
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> I'm not sure a progressive system is fairer!

	Hear, hear!

	I don't know about progressive tax systems in general, but I
do know for certain that the current one is unfair:

	(1) I know one relatively rich person.  He makes over $100k per
	    year.  He pays [legally] $0 income tax.  This isn't a fault
	    with progressive systems in general; just with the current one.

	(2) I know one single person who makes about $50k per year.  He
	    pays about $10k in federal tax.

	(3) A married couple that I know makes about $55k per year.  They
	    pay about $15k in federal tax (and about $2000 more in FICA
	    than the gentleman in (2)).

	Looking at (2) and (3) you will see that the feds have come to
the conclusion that two can live *more cheaply* than one  (Why else would
they tax two incomes of ~27k at a greater rate than one income of $50k?).

					- Chris