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Re:Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test... by adwn on Sunday December 18, 2016 @01:27AM (#13204635)
> if he worked too many overtime hours (which came around from time to time), would get into the next tax bracket and it wouldn't be worth it

By "not worth it", I suppose you mean that he valued the marginal increase in income less than the marginal decrease in free time – which is entirely subjective and different from person to person? I don't see your point.

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Re:Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test... by rascul on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @06:16PM (#13225277)
In the higher tax bracket, he didn't work enough overtime to offset the increased taxes and ended up with a smaller check than if he worked less. At least that's what he claimed.
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Re:Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test... by adwn on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:00AM (#13235217)
This is not possible with a progressive tax system. It is likely that he misunderstood tax brackets, average tax rate, and marginal tax rate.
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Re:Finland will hand out cash to 2000 jobless people to test... by flukus on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:04AM (#13235237)
Not with taxes alone, but welfare cliffs can kick in:

http://www.learnliberty.org/blog/the-welfare-cliff-and-why-m...

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