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Debate: Progressive tax vs. flat tax
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- Argument: Wealthy benefit more from system, so owe a greater tax debt
- Argument: Progressive taxes violate principal of equality before the law
- Argument: Capital is created on assumption of ownership; contrary to progressivism
- Argument: Progressive taxes benefit public, which benefits the wealthy
- Argument: Progressive taxation is a form of tyranny of the majority
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- Argument: Progressive taxation helps combat extreme poverty
- Argument: Flat tax helps lower income families get out of poverty
- Argument: Bottom-up progressive taxation leads to stronger growth
- Argument: Progressive taxation makes all citizens sacrifice equally
- Argument: Progressive taxation increases tax revenue and social services
- Argument: Progressive taxes adjust for random factors in wealth
- Argument: Progressive taxation applies a compassionate philosophy to poor
- Argument: Progressive taxes are not socialism or "spreading the wealth"
- Argument: Progressive taxation combats growing income inequality
- Argument: Rich pay bulk of taxes because they earn bulk of national income
- Argument: Existing budgets in modern states requires progressive taxation
- Argument: Progressive tax systems recognize income is partly a collective good
- Argument: Progressive taxation recognizes not all wealth is "earned"
- Argument: Progressive taxation does not reduce work ethic
- Argument: Progressive taxation can help combat crime
- Argument: Progressive taxes do not increase happiness
- Argument: Progressive taxation is socialist wealth redistribution and state theft
- Argument: Progressive systems unfairly force rich to pay bulk of taxes
- Argument: The rich do not necessarily benefit more from taxes/system
- Argument: Progressive taxation can cause "brain drain" from countries
- Argument: Flat tax with exemptions has progressive effects on poor
- Argument: Progressives wrongly assume wealthy dollars have less utility
- Argument: Progressive taxation wrongly aims for equality of outcome
- Argument: Progressive taxes rely on and worsen envy between groups
- Argument: Progressive taxes cause class warfare to pass tax burden
- Argument: Progressive tax systems open door to unfair tax avoidance
- Argument: Progressive tax rates end up squeezing the middle class
- Argument: Progressive taxes are unfair to the short-lived high earner
- Argument: Modern state budgets do not require progressive taxes
- Argument: Progressive taxes disincentivize hard work and productivity
- Argument: Progressive taxation reduces the savings rate in a society
- Argument: Progressives assign too much value to money in individual welfare
- Argument: Progressives wrongly presume society can determine proper income
- Argument: Progressives shift money from entrepreneurs, capital investments
- Argument: Progressive taxes do not necessarily decrease income inequality
- Argument: Progressive taxation is an inefficient and costly system
- Argument: Progressive taxation helps combat excessive CEO pay
- Argument: Progressive taxes adjust for winners and losers of globalization
- Argument: There is strong public support for progressive taxation
- Argument: Tax code can be simplified without ending progressive tax
- Argument: Flat tax increases revenue by reducing compliance costs and tax evasion
- Argument: Progressive taxation exceeds limited powers of government
