Well, if anything, this shows that your readers (to date) are willing to imagine that the conditions of your poll questions hold true, i.e. a progressive tax is in fact most optimal, or a flat tax is most optimal, even though those positions are polar opposites. In other words, we're open minded!
For what it's worth, I figure that progressive income tax should obey a logarithmic function: you should never actually make less money by having a larger base income, but as your income rises, you see a proportionally smaller increase. Tax brackets are kind of annoying because they create a staircase effect that may result in losing money as you cross a step.
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Date: 2011-07-21 06:48 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I figure that progressive income tax should obey a logarithmic function: you should never actually make less money by having a larger base income, but as your income rises, you see a proportionally smaller increase. Tax brackets are kind of annoying because they create a staircase effect that may result in losing money as you cross a step.