Equitable ones.
The idea of a progressive income tax is popular with most people because as someone gets more out of society, it is thought they should return more. The idea of an income tax in and of itself is not popular with the poor.
The idea of a progressive income tax is popular with most people because as someone gets more out of society, it is thought they should return more. The idea of an income tax in and of itself is not popular with the poor.
people who earn more money should pay taxes at higher rates
The idea that taxation should be based on the ability-to-pay principle
The rich do in fact pay a higher percentage of their income in income tax, because we have a progressive income tax based on six different tax brackets, where the higher your income is the higher a percentage tax bracket you will be in. Depends on which country you're in. In the US, this is not the case.
Prohibition was a typical Progressive era program. The desire was to force people to do what the Progressives thought they should do rather than what people really wanted to do.
By law, Medicaid is limited to low-income people.
No, that would not be very equitable to those people living in marginal areas.
Not as many as should have.
Adam Smith
the contribution paid into the fund should be fair to all the parties