> Unfair would be if everyone paid the same absolute amount.
That's certainly an opinion, but you state it like an objective fact.
You could argue, for example, that the more money you make the more you are taking advantage of courts, police, the enforcement of contracts and all the other parts of civilization that are funded by taxes.
> Unfair would be if everyone paid the same absolute amount.
>> That's certainly an opinion, but you state it like an objective fact.
Yes indeed one could argue that also that is a possible way to do it. I know of 3 types of taxation:
1) fixed amount (ex everyone pays 1000$ every year)
2) percentage amount (ex everyone pays 10% of salary)
3) progressive steps (ex 10% up to 10000%...20$ up to 20000$...)
The video argues that in the US all people in the end pay the same percentage amount even though the laws has progressive steps.
I'm arguing that percentage taxation is already a type of taxation where richer people contribute more.
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[ 71.6 ms ] story [ 193 ms ] threadIt's a percentage! The whole video is about percentages.
10% of a 20.000$ is far far less than 10% of 1.000.000.000$ Unfair would be if everyone paid the same absolute amount.
That's certainly an opinion, but you state it like an objective fact.
You could argue, for example, that the more money you make the more you are taking advantage of courts, police, the enforcement of contracts and all the other parts of civilization that are funded by taxes.
Yes indeed one could argue that also that is a possible way to do it. I know of 3 types of taxation:
1) fixed amount (ex everyone pays 1000$ every year) 2) percentage amount (ex everyone pays 10% of salary) 3) progressive steps (ex 10% up to 10000%...20$ up to 20000$...)
The video argues that in the US all people in the end pay the same percentage amount even though the laws has progressive steps. I'm arguing that percentage taxation is already a type of taxation where richer people contribute more.