That's precisely what GP originally said. Here he was clarifying that tax brackets themselves don't work this way, although government assistance can. In graph

That's precisely what GP originally said. Here he was clarifying that tax brackets themselves don't work this way, although government assistance can. In graph form: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-6Fsycanmw/ULO_5kk3fxI/AAAAAAAAAU4/y1PbUElDS34/s1600/marginal-tax_6.PNG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_-6Fsycanmw/ULO_5kk3fxI/AAAAAAAAAU...