Explain how taxes are levied in a progressive income tax system and the rationale for choosing a progressive income tax structure
Wealthy people pay a larger percentage of their income to the government in taxes than poor people pay. A
progressive income tax structure is based on the argument that poor people suffer more from paying a given
percentage of their incomes to the government than wealthy people do when paying the same percentage of
their (larger) incomes. This argument arises from the idea that it is possible to make interpersonal
comparisons of burden.
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