It's valid criticism. The marginal tax rate doesn't say anything more than what the marginal tax rate is and should be indicated as such. A better way to descri

It's valid criticism. The marginal tax rate doesn't say anything more than what the marginal tax rate is and should be indicated as such. A better way to describe thing is taxes paid at median industry salary + marginal tax rate. Imagine if this was applied to fuel economy. "For any mph over 60 mph the car will increase it's consumption by X percent". Totally useless.