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@BC9Y2DJ Agreements3mos ago

imagine you had five bananas and someone else has twenty and there's a tax every year for one banana no matter how many you have so you having already less bananas is down to four the other person has 19 is this fair?

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 @BCBP6WC from North Carolina  disagreed…3mos3MO

No, this system isn't really fair. I think people should be taxed at a certain percentage. That being said, just like how this tax on bananas is unfair, raising the rate on higher earners would also be unfair. There should be a tax rate for everyone, which will end up making higher earners pay more, but percentage wise everyone will be equal in what they pay.

 @GovernmentPeacock_486Republicandisagreed…3mos3MO

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That is literally the opposite of how the American tax system works.

To use your analogy as it applies to the American tax system - If someone has five bananas then they would have to give one to the government. If someone has 20 bananas they would have to give 12 to the government.

 @BCC8X9R from Missouri  agreed…3mos3MO

No, the other person should pay more because they have more. If we both paid the same the tax would take away 20% of my income and only 5% of the other person’s income. To make it fair the other person should pay at least 20% of their income in taxes.

 @BCC62RHNo Labels from Virginia  agreed…3mos3MO

all taxes should be fair if one person has twenty and the average person has five the better off person should pay one fourth of their twenty.

 @BCBVVJH from Wisconsin  agreed…3mos3MO

It's not fair because the person who has 5 bananas could've worked harder than the person who has 20. People should be taxed a certain percentage of their salary.

 @BCBYWY9 from New Mexico  agreed…3mos3MO

Then if one has 19 and I have 4 the person with 19 bananas should pay to help the other we are all people after all and don't we preech equality. So they should help out.

 @BCBKQS9 from Missouri  agreed…3mos3MO

No, this only shows that flat-taxing wealthy people at supposedly the same rate as average folks is dumb as hell. It is sometimes crippling to the average Joe, and, for the wealthy, it's literal pennies. Even Bill Gates wants the wealthy to pay more in income taxes.

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