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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by ghufran_syed on Saturday February 19, 2022 @11:33AM (#30398323)
You mean like the US? The top 1% earn 21% of all income and pay around 40% of all taxes. Or do do you mean it should be even more "progressive"? Might higher income people change behavior e.g. work less at the margins if that happens? Does that affect the total amount of tax income generated?

https://www.heritage.org/taxes/commentary/1-chart-how-much-t...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve

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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by iso1210 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @01:15PM (#30399144)
The top 1% don't work for income. They aren't going to do an extra 10 hours this week because they need to save for a new boiler, so why would restoring tax rates to Reagan era rates result in less work being done?
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by NovemberWhiskey on Saturday February 19, 2022 @02:25PM (#30399727)
The poster means the top 1% of income tax payers. Also: you pay income tax on income whether you work for it or not. Try leaving your 1099-DIVs out of your income tax return and see how that works out.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by DarylZero on Saturday February 19, 2022 @02:15PM (#30399646)
LOL "earn"

The top 1% take out of the economy a LOT more than they put in. Anything that limits their ability to "earn" is benefiting the rest of society. It is also benefiting the environment & future generations' resource availability.

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