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> One most obvious thing would be to tremendously raise taxes on middle class (who bear the brunt of the tax burden, unlike in US, where tax is mostly paid by t
by andrekandre 4y ago
> One most obvious thing would be to tremendously raise taxes on middle class (who bear the brunt of the tax burden, unlike in US, where tax is mostly paid by the wealthy)
interesting, because thats the opposite of what i thought...
any good charts/data for that?
- xyzzyz 4y agoSee eg. https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/growingunequalincomedistributionandpovertyinoecdcountries.htm https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/growingunequalincomedistributio... which states that the United States has the most progressive tax system among developed countries. It has not fundamentally changed since 2008.