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The fact that my CEO in first class and me in economy class pay the same flat fee is still regressive, just not as regressive as, eg. taxing food twice the norm
by rangestransform 2y ago
The fact that my CEO in first class and me in economy class pay the same flat fee is still regressive, just not as regressive as, eg. taxing food twice the normal rate
- lolinder 2y agoYou said "incredibly regressive", which is what I disagree with. It's at best slightly regressive—the fee is $5.60, so it's not like it's substantially raising the price of a ticket for someone who can already afford one in the first place. And the fee does scale with income to a small degree in that the higher your income the more frequent your flights tend to be. Could it be a percentage of the ticket price? Possibly, though I'm not sure that would elicit fewer complaints. But it's already in the bottom quartile of regressiveness in how we do taxes in this country, so calling it "incredibly regressive" is either a clear exaggeration or a sign that you have no idea how bad the tax situation is here.