“You might be so broke you need to work two jobs and still can’t afford healthcare, education, or rent. But look on the bright side: you pay less taxes than the guys who have all the money!”
How are you working 2 jobs but cant afford rent...? Even at minimum wage you should easily be able to cover it. Unless your trying to support a whole family on that wage, in which case its a whole different discussion about the irresponsibility of starting a family before being ready.
So? That will always be true for any income tax, except for one so regressive it amounts to a poll tax. It's close to being true for most other kinds of taxes as well. There's always going to be some number for which you could make such a statement. Since inequality of tax is directly related to inequality of income, all you're really proving is that income is much more concentrated than ability is, i.e. that we do not live in a meritocracy, that the rich get richer primarily due to the mechanics of the system instead of by exhibiting merit. However progressive our tax system is, it's clearly far outweighed by the regressive mechanics built in to the rest of the system.
If the top 20% pay 80% of taxes and still walk with a net of 100k and the bottom 50% pay no taxes and walk with a net of 30k, I would much rather be in the top 20%.
