Would American government be better if votes were weighted by the amount of tax dollars paid?
(either in total or over a recent stretch of time, e.g. past 5 years)
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Invisible · 26-30, M
I'm not sure what you mean. Tax dollars [i]are[/i] a percentage of income... Or at least income tax. But I think property tax and some others should be included, too.
SW-User
Tax dollars are a percentage of [i]taxable[/i] income...not gross income. I think the effective tax rate would be a good measure...that's who really shows you who is paying the taxes and how broken of a system it is. Right now you've got people like Trump with an effective rate of 5%, Warren Buffet around 11 or 12%, and then a family with a combined income barely cracking $100k paying 18% or higher.