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Similary does not necessarily mean a flat rate. Or indeed any rate (the minimum rate on a sliding scale can be 0). Imagine a world where a hairdresser (for exa

Similary does not necessarily mean a flat rate. Or indeed any rate (the minimum rate on a sliding scale can be 0). Imagine a world where a hairdresser (for example) tells you the price of the service. You pay that number. The worker is paid a fixed wage. (Ideally a wage high enough that you can live on 1 job.) That person starts paying tax on income once they reach a certain level etc. It may surprise you that most of the world uses this system. What happens in Mississippi et al is already the "weird exception".

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> Imagine a world where a hairdresser (for example) tells you the price of the service. You pay that number. The worker is paid a fixed wage. (Ideally a wage high enough that you can live on 1 job.) That person starts paying tax on income once they reach a certain level etc You're describing every OECD country. The only novelty America adds is the sales tax after, which is a labelling matter. > may surprise you that most of the world uses this system What did you describe that amounts to a system? My point is fair and similar isn't a system description, it's a vision statement at best. Also, are you seriously arguing about the livability of American wages on a quality of life basis relative to the entire planet? Because if you look at the poorest 10% of Americans, their average disposable income is positive [1]. That doesn't mean there aren't huge issues, nor that the average explains every high-COL city. But having any dispoable income, by definition, means your income is high enough to live on. [1] https://www.bea.gov/data/special-topics/distribution-of-personal-income https://www.bea.gov/data/special-topics/distribution-of-pers...