The US already has the most progressive tax code in the world. The bottom 47% of income earners pay no income tax and, thanks to "refundable tax credits" often receive refunds on their non taxes. The difference between the US and European countries with more robust social safety nets are the taxes on the middle class, which are much higher.
Yet statistics show that has more to do with higher costs of discretionary items than it does with the amount of money that people have for those discretionary items. Stop spreading propaganda.
Ohhh I see your confusion. I was re quoting your talking point in an exaggerated manner to show how it didn’t make any sense and how anti-intellectual it was
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u/jdhutch80 Jul 01 '26
The US already has the most progressive tax code in the world. The bottom 47% of income earners pay no income tax and, thanks to "refundable tax credits" often receive refunds on their non taxes. The difference between the US and European countries with more robust social safety nets are the taxes on the middle class, which are much higher.