Comment on What is the argument for making poor/working class folks shoulder the burden of taxes?

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scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yeah I think we may only differ on degree, and yes some of my confusion about your post came from phrasing. There are still some phrasing points I’m struggling on.

I think the logical thing is to have those who most benefit from the infrastructure our taxes pay for

The poor benefit from roads, schools, firefighters, Medical/Medicaid, and utilities as much as anyone. But I think you had the super wealthy in mind. “Those who benefit from infrastructure” is an odd way to pinpoint the super wealthy.

be the ones who contribute the most.

This part is already true. Progressive tax brackets have them contributing the most as a proportion of pay, and far and away the most in absolute numbers.

And those that are seeing the least benefit be exempt.

The entire lower 50-60% of the economy is an extremely inclusive notion of “those who benefit the least.”

Again, phrasing.

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