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[–] vaeax 4 points -4 points (+0|-4) ago  (edited ago)

taxation via inflation is a flat tax. we currently have a progressive tax system. unless you're richer than fuck, you want a progressive tax, not a flat tax. i dont know who you're thinking is benefiting from the current tax code, but it aint the rich.

an average household that makes 100k per year and has 3 kids is going to pay under 10% of that in tax. the same household that makes 40k per year is going to get about 5k back from the government.

the people who make a lot of money are paying more than their proportional share of taxes by a HUGE margin. and they don't complain, either, because they are basically paying for a really sweet country to be rich in. being rich in somalia doesn't matter because you can't have nice things. the deal in the modern 1st world countries is that the rich people basically pay for everything and in exchange they get to have an educated and pliant workforce who won't take their shit.

it's about as good a system as you can hope for. all this talk about abolishing taxes or doing flat taxes or w/e would make nearly everybody on voat worse off.