How much should individuals making $100k-$250k pay in taxes?

[It’s so Joever]

Tax brackets should have a Cost of Living adjustment but generally should be higher. I won’t go into exact numbers without a strong analysis of the impact on the budget and ofc the contraction of the economy an increase would have. Trying to get a precise number out of users who almost certainly have not conducted such an analysis (including secondary impacts) is frankly stupid.

[It’s so Joever]

what the f-. you are not taking into account state and federal taxes, mandatory 401k, health insurance, car insurance, student loan payments, etc, etc. that $2800 that you think everyone just magically has laying around after paying the minimum 30% tax rate is so naïve. how old are you? that $2800 is more like $1000 once even more taxes are payed off. in CA it's probably even less.

It is ironic that the strategy of starving public services of budget via low taxes you're advocating would only worsen the visceral fear you express of earning "only" $2800 a month left after taxes.

Anyway, here's my personal proposal:
$0 - $12,500 = 5.0%
$12,500-$40,000 = 7.5%
$40,000-$90,000 = 15.0%
$90,000-$170,000 = 20.0%
$170,000-$400,000 = 25.0%
$400,000-$1,000,000 = 31.5%
$1,000,000-$2,500,000 = 45.5%
$2,500,000-$10,000,000 = 58.5%
$10,000,000-$100,000,000 = 73.5%
$100,000,000-$1,000,000,000 = 81.5%
$1,000,000,000+ = 92.5%

Just plain weird. Why are you devoting 6 tax brackets to the top percentile of earners, and 5 to the bottom 99%?
Since the median income in the US is 70k per household, that places median Americans squarely in your second-lowest "charity" bracket.

Anything above $200,000 a year (top decile) must be heavily taxed to create any quality of public service.

Yeah buddy it doesn’t mean we all should be starving. Some of us climbed the latter and want to make a nice living one day.

People in countries with higher taxes and expansive social safety nets are famously "starving".  

Or is this satire? I can't fully tell these days sometimes.

It should be noted that in many other countries, especially in Europe, all income levels are taxed quite heavily. And they even have VAT taxes, which we would call… regressive. But the point isn’t about regressiveness.


This debate we’re having in the thread just speaks to a problem regarding American Hyper Individualism. My money. My rights.

In Europe, everyone is taxed heavily. Everyone is treated the same, rich and poor. Everyone benefits.

And the US is doing far better economically than Europe . I would much rather live in an American style society than a European one

I would rather live a healthier and longer life than live in an oversized McMansion and a “nice” car. Different values I guess.

[It’s so Joever]

what the f-. you are not taking into account state and federal taxes, mandatory 401k, health insurance, car insurance, student loan payments, etc, etc. that $2800 that you think everyone just magically has laying around after paying the minimum 30% tax rate is so naïve. how old are you? that $2800 is more like $1000 once even more taxes are payed off. in CA it's probably even less.

It is ironic that the strategy of starving public services of budget via low taxes you're advocating would only worsen the visceral fear you express of earning "only" $2800 a month left after taxes.

Anyway, here's my personal proposal:
$0 - $12,500 = 5.0%
$12,500-$40,000 = 7.5%
$40,000-$90,000 = 15.0%
$90,000-$170,000 = 20.0%
$170,000-$400,000 = 25.0%
$400,000-$1,000,000 = 31.5%
$1,000,000-$2,500,000 = 45.5%
$2,500,000-$10,000,000 = 58.5%
$10,000,000-$100,000,000 = 73.5%
$100,000,000-$1,000,000,000 = 81.5%
$1,000,000,000+ = 92.5%

Just plain weird. Why are you devoting 6 tax brackets to the top percentile of earners, and 5 to the bottom 99%?
Since the median income in the US is 70k per household, that places median Americans squarely in your second-lowest "charity" bracket.

Anything above $200,000 a year (top decile) must be heavily taxed to create any quality of public service.

Yeah buddy it doesn’t mean we all should be starving. Some of us climbed the latter and want to make a nice living one day.

People in countries with higher taxes and expansive social safety nets are famously "starving".  

Or is this satire? I can't fully tell these days sometimes.

It should be noted that in many other countries, especially in Europe, all income levels are taxed quite heavily. And they even have VAT taxes, which we would call… regressive. But the point isn’t about regressiveness.


This debate we’re having in the thread just speaks to a problem regarding American Hyper Individualism. My money. My rights.

In Europe, everyone is taxed heavily. Everyone is treated the same, rich and poor. Everyone benefits.

And the US is doing far better economically than Europe . I would much rather live in an American style society than a European one

I would rather live a healthier and longer life than live in an oversized McMansion and a “nice” car. Different values I guess.

I am a fan of American style suburbia

Cool. I am a fan of living.