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Do you know what a percentage is? Not only are taxes already proportionate to profit, but they are disproportionate larger for higher incomes in any progressive

Do you know what a percentage is? Not only are taxes already proportionate to profit, but they are disproportionate larger for higher incomes in any progressive taxation scheme.

ForrestN 8y ago
In common English, rather than mathematics, proportionate merely implies that these things are related in size or amount. There is no implication of a fixed ratio. Replace "proportionate" with "appropriately related" if that helps.
- hueving 8y ago
  Percentages are "related in size".