Why do we have tax brackets?

[Anonymous No.16242682]

If your salary is between $39,476 and $44,536, after taxes you are actually making less money than if your salary was $39,475.

If you make $39,475 and you get a raise, you are losing money, unless that raise exceeds $44,536.

[Anonymous No.16242703]

>>16242682
"we're all slaves" will mean more and more to you each day

Might take 20 - 30 more years, but you will understand one day, I assure you

[Anonymous No.16242721]

underage or retard

[Anonymous No.16242743]

>>16242682
I'm glad I live in a country with a single tax rate for individuals.

[Anonymous No.16242787]

My man I don't think you understand how the tax brackets work.

[Anonymous No.16242791]

this is a troll right? thats not how taxes work bud.

[Anonymous No.16242801]

>>16242682
>>16242682
Google regressive taxation. You are only taxed the higher percentage on the money made in that bracket.

Hypothetically imagine brackets every 10k. So if you'd be taxed 10% on that first 10k, then for every dollar after that until 20k, you might pay 15%, then 20% on every dollar over 30k and so on.

That's the best anyone here will do for you. If you're too stupid to figure it out, you are doomed to waging forever.

[Anonymous No.16242808]

>>16242682

Retard. Your first 9,700$ get taxed 10% after that you get taxed 12% for the gain between 9,701 and 39,475. 22% for the gain between 39,476-84,200 etc...

[Anonymous No.16242821]

>>16242682
>almost 2020 and people still believe this

[Anonymous No.16242829]

these are the people spamming my board. Jesus christ.

[Anonymous No.16242868]

>>16242682
fuck, that jump once you make 40k is ungodly.
and the fact that people taking home 10x what you're taking home, pay about 1.6x the rate you'd be paying.
no wonder americans are so poor and swimming in debt, they make it easy to be that way.

[Anonymous No.16242877]

>>16242808
>>16242801
>>16242791
>>16242787
>>16242721
This is all bullshit anyway. Why should I pay even more if I earn more? Make it constant and if I start making more I'll still be paying more because it's percentage. This system practically says fuck off buddy, we don't wanna see you striving for anything, just stay in line with others.

[Anonymous No.16242903]

Price has fallen but the average IQ never recovered.

[Anonymous No.16242921]

>>16242877
of course, but that's an entirely different argument then what your net tax bill is if you move up a bracket. Invest in bitcoin, never pay taxes at all. ez pz

[Anonymous No.16242923]

>>16242703
this

[Anonymous No.16242932]

>>16242703
>"we're all slaves" will mean more and more to you each day

Morpheus: No, the honor is mine. Please, come. Sit. I imagine that right now you’re feeling a bit like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole? Hm?

Neo: You could say that.

Morpheus: I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in control of my life.

Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something.

What you know you can’t explain. But you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. That there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I’m talking about?

Neo: The Matrix?

Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind…. Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes… Remember, all I’m offering is the truth, nothing more… Follow me…

[Anonymous No.16242944]

>>16242932
>Neo: The Matrix?

>Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us, even now in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.

>Neo: What truth?

>Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind

[Anonymous No.16242962]

>>16242944
>That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage, born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind

prison of the mind
prism of the mind

[Anonymous No.16242977]

>>16242682
Are you fucking retarded? This must be bait. That or you're underage or a nigger.

You only pay 22% on what exceeds $39,475 you fucking mong. The portion of your salary at or below $39,475 is still taxed at 12%, retard. That's how tax brackets work.

[Anonymous No.16243001]

>>16242682
That's not how it works. You only pay 22% on what you make above 39,475 you fucking brainlet. If you make 39,476 you pay 12% on 39,475 and 22% on $1

[Anonymous No.16243045]

>>16242877
If you're making more then you have more of an investment in society to function well then some gangbanger. Also keep in mind that the majority of public funds are used on rich people and corporations.

Basically you're fucking dumb.

[Anonymous No.16243055]

>>16242682

This is who youre engaging with on biz.

[Anonymous No.16243073]

>>16243045
>then you have more of an investment in society
Uh yeah. I'm buying more things and pushing society and economics forward. Now why the fuck am I paying more?!

[Anonymous No.16243138]

>>16242944
>That you are a slave, Neo.
We are all slaves by legal definition, the blacks where under involuntary servitude. very few can say they are free, as Freedom = without prohibition on your actions.
>Like everyone else you were born into bondage
True again, the legal definition of a Certificate is a document of (((ownership))). Are you not issued a Birth (((Certificate))).
>born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind
This one can be contested but I like it. Its a combination of different languages etymology.
Government
Govern - Control
Ment - Mind (French)

[Anonymous No.16243143]

>>16243073
Holy shit you really are dumb. Think about how much you stand to lose if society stops functioning as well. Consider jeff Bezos. If roads stop being maintained, airports stop being maintained, no police to protect his interests etc, he has the most interest in maintaining society. That's why he should pay the most in taxes. Especially given how much the government subsidizes his operations but that's another point.

Also given that you didnt know how marginal tax brackets until like 10 minutes ago you should shut the fuck up and read a book.

[Anonymous No.16243152]

the first 10% of the 9700 is taxed
the next 30k is taxed at 12%
the next 40k is taxed at 22%
the next 84k is taxed at 24%
the next 40k is taxed at 32%
the next 200k is taxed at 35%
the everything dollar earned after top of 510k is taxed 37 cents on the dollar.

this is the federal rate. there is a flat state tax rate that goes on top of that some states 5% others 14%

below is adjusted above

the first 10%+5-14% of the 9700 is taxed
the next 30k is taxed at 12%+5-14%
the next 40k is taxed at 22%+5-14%
the next 84k is taxed at 24%+5-14%
the next 40k is taxed at 32%+5-14%
the next 200k is taxed at 35%+5-14%
the everything dollar earned after top of 510k is taxed 37(40-54) cents on the dollar.

[Anonymous No.16243172]

>>16243138
>born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind
>This one can be contested but I like it
I get what you mean, but this mind control prison is how they hypnotized millions of men to fight in world war 1 and world war 2

just like they use pheromones to agitate wasps into attacking, they do the same thing with the human psyche

[Anonymous No.16243180]

>>16243152
now factor in how much is housing and health insurance and what you get is this

the first 19% of the 9700 is taxed
the next 30k is taxed at 21%
the next 40k is taxed at 31%
the next 84k is taxed at 33%
the next 40k is taxed at 42%
the next 200k is taxed at 44%
the everything dollar earned after top of 510k is taxed 51 cents on the dollar.

[Anonymous No.16243201]

>>16243143
Do you even realize the difference between proportional and progressive tax systems you idiot?

[Anonymous No.16243396]

>>16243172
Adam Curtis docs are excellent. pic related

I think even the best of us get caught up in hating what the banks have done. But forget that those banks only have power though the legal structure. The pen is mightier than the sword. Through the pen, the sword gets enacted. Then human 'five monkeys experiment' began.