Today's system of progressive but flawed taxation of income must, they say, be ripped up by its roots.
The largest loopholes also favour the rich, making the tax system less progressive, and encourage rampant tax avoidance.
Whether our federal tax system is progressive enough has been a major focus of attention the past few years.
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Three-quarters of Americans agree it makes sense to make the tax system more progressive, raising the burden on the wealthy.
Since our federal income tax system is progressive, the more money you make, the more tax you pay at the higher end.
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Put an end to them through a system of progressive discipline.
First, the system is progressive: individuals with low incomes, as measured by their highest 35 years of earnings, get a subsidy in retirement from workers who did better.
Both conservatives looking to pare back entitlement spending and liberals hoping to make the tax system more progressive should be willing to sign onto reforms that flip this equation.
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In France, as in the U.S., the income tax system is progressive which means that all taxpayers pay the same tax rates for the same levels of income.
Obviously a system this progressive would curtail the formation and movement of capital by the wealthiest of Americans, as well as remove the incentive for entrepreneurs to make more than highest bracket amount.
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On the entitlement side, the plan would make the Social Security system more progressive (meaning people who have earned more during their lifetimes get fewer benefits), and it would eventually raise the retirement age to 69 by 2050.
In a flat-tax system, these deductions would not be as critical as they are our highly progressive system.
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Having made the argument for a progressive tax system, the next question is whether it should be more progressive than at present.
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This makes the US Federal taxation system considerably more progressive than those of most other OECD countries.
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These deductions avoid marginal tax rates exceeding 100% in a highly progressive system.
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Note what is being said here: that the US tax system is more progressive than the tax systems of most other OECD countries.
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It would, however, make the tax system far less progressive.
Huntington's disease is an hereditary neurological disorder of the central nervous system that causes progressive degeneration of cells in the brain, slowly impairing a person's ability to walk, think, talk and reason.
Which is, in short, to have a more regressive tax system than the United States and a more progressive benefits and transfers system than the United States.
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We've agreed that tax reform should result in a system that is as progressive as the current one.
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Garfield was also concerned that opening the door on a progressive tax system could lead to more discrimination.
Sure, we have a progressive tax system in that the higher your income, the greater the percentage you pay.
We should, as all too many insist, have a more progressive tax system.
The American tax system actually is more progressive than that of many European nations which rely on the Value Added Tax.
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America has a progressive tax system - the rich pay more than the middle classes, who pay more than the poor.
Your argument loses even more of its steam when bumped up against the reality of the current very progressive tax system.
Some mean that we need more revenue, and others believe that the system should be more progressive for the sake of fairness.
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Following the House budget resolution would almost certainly shift more of the tax burden to low- and middle-income households and yield a less progressive tax system.
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But this tax shows that you can have a broader base and lower rates and still achieve a more progressive tax system than we now have.
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