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Originally Posted by Makarov
Yes, but if it were truly progressive, it seems to me that the oil exec would recieve only $10 and the starving student (or elderly person or whoever) would recieve $590.
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Progressive taxation refers to the percentage. A person who makes $30000 would have a personal exemption of $17000 and would then pay $1300 a year in taxes, Getting a $300 check from the government would be the same as a tax break of 23% making their effective tax rate 3.3%. Someone making $100000 would pay $8300 in taxes and the dividend would result in a tax break of 4% and an effective tax rate of 8%. That seems pretty progressive to me.