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Why is it depressing?
by infocaptor 15y ago
Why is it depressing?
- cheez 15y agoI get depressed regarding income taxes, especially for low-income people (i.e., the nannies). Did you know that on a proportional basis, in nearly every country with "progressive" income taxes, the working poor pay the most tithes to the government than they ever have? If you compare the institution of income taxes in "democracies" in the early 20th century to now, the poor have shouldered most of the burden, proportional to income. Kind of flips the whole bleeding heart mechanism for "redistribution of wealth" thing on its head, IMO. Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a political discussion but that was the reason behind my comment.