lftl said, "All it would take is requiring graduated income checks so for every $1 you make more in wages you lose less than $1 of benefits." A progressive inc

lftl said, "All it would take is requiring graduated income checks so for every $1 you make more in wages you lose less than $1 of benefits." A progressive income tax (or even a flat tax, really) is a special case of that, with income checks maximally graduated and always stripping your benefits of less than a dollar for every dollar.