Posted by Ray Kidder on 11/23/2008, 8:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Vote for John S. McCain"
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Don,
One aspect about the morality of the graduated income tax is the way some rich people earn their money. If some people earn each dollar a relatively easy way, as compared to the way others earn each dollar, why is it unfair that those who get money the easy way have to pay way more in taxes?
A good example is the comparison between major league and minor league baseball players. The major leaguers typically earn over a million dollars a year because they are among the most talented. Even the best minor league players earn far less than than most of the major leagers. If the major league players did not work as baseball players, the best monor league players would take their place, and most fans would still be seeing major league baseball rather than minor league baseball. This is because both the offense and defense would be less talented such that the statistics would look much the same as before.
Because of the relative talent of the major league players, the best minor league players earn much less money, even though their work load is not that much reduced.
It seems to me that the capitalistic system makes it so that some people naturally earn money the easy way such that there is an unfairness towards those who have trouble earning money. Yet some people have to take the jobs that pay below average salaries.
I do not see an inherent immorality with having a graduated tax system, except if one carries it too far such that the rich pay for everything just because they are a minority of the voters. How is it unfair that those who earn lots of money the easy way have to lose their excess money through a graduated income tax system?
Ray Kidder
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