> In the U.K. median households are not net contributors It seems inherent to a progressive taxation scheme? The only way I see median households being net co

> In the U.K. median households are not net contributors It seems inherent to a progressive taxation scheme? The only way I see median households being net contributors is if the taxation and redistribution made money flow from the poorest 50% to the richest 50% (either as cash or as services). I think a better indicator of how narrow the tax base is would be the percentage of households that are net fiscal contributors.