The Slightly Progressive Payroll Tax

JKSCHW at aol.com JKSCHW at aol.com
Sat Apr 29 20:49:03 PDT 2000


In a message dated 00-04-29 13:04:05 EDT, you write:

<< Um Max, don't the top 10% own most of the wealth in this country? A tax

that's progressive up until that point seems downright regressive.

Unless I'm drastically misunderstanding.

>>

Well, not necessarily. It might be progressive up through that point and then simply neither progressive nor regressive afterwards. Anyway, wealth is not the relevant measure, when you are talking progressivity of payroll taxes, you are talking about income, not wealth. Income is less unequal than wealth in this country. --jks



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