'''Progressive taxation''' is the mainstream [[tax]] policy whereby the rich are taxed more heavily than the poor. They are placed into progressively higher [[tax brackets]]. This is done to provide the poor with support, and if you're really poor, you might actually be ''paid'' taxes.
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'''Progressive taxation''' is a typically [[Liberal]] [[tax]] policy whereby the rich are taxed more heavily than the poor. They are placed into ''progressively higher'' [[tax brackets]]. The name is a technical economic term and has nothing to do with causing progress.
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The name is a technical economic term and has nothing to do with causing progress.