Never said I support a regressive tax. I think people who support progressive taxes are poor haters too, BTW. Why keep the poor down by discouraging them to move to a higher bracket?
Wow, you're dumb.
You'd rather make $20,000 a year than $300,000 a year because of the tax bracket? Of course not. Nobody would, and no poor actually is 'discouraged' by moving to a higher income bracket just because their tax percentage will be higher.
You seem rather dumb to think that someone could move from making $20k to $300k per year. Take this situation. If I'm making 48,000 and pay 21% tax or make 50,000 and pay 25% I'm losing money by getting the raise. You must take some sick kind of joy in keeping people down.
The reason I have no incentive to work so hard to get to higher brackets is because I have nothing to do with all that money. For example, if I made $30k, pretty typical, I'd be making twice as much as I do now. What am I going to do with all that money? I already make enough to provide for my rent and food, and still have plenty left over to buy limited edition records, alcohol, video games and tip strippers. With twice as much, I'd be making almost another $1000 a month that would all go to vinyl, drinking, video games, strippers, etc. Even I would have a tough time spending an extra thousand a month on just that! Now if I lived in Minneapolis, my current $425/month apartment would probably be around $650/month, and the rest of my expenses would be slightly higher, but even there, I could more than afford all I want and then some at $30k a year, and judging from the employment newsletters I've looked at, there's plenty of jobs there just like the one I have now but with higher wages adjusted for the cost of living that still don't even come close to $30k a year. So why would I need much more than $30k a year? The only things I can see you doing then is crap like buying a nice new expensive car when you can get a car for 1/10th the price that does the purpose of a car just as good (get from point A to point B), or buy a disgusting McMansion in the suburbs. No way, I'm ever doing that. There's simply nothing to be gained from being in a higher bracket.
Granted there's no reason for you to get rich, but think about saving for retirement, also if you want to start a family-your kid's college plans.
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