If I was merely wasting the money I pay in taxes, I could live with the progressive tax rate where they take a lot more when I make a little more, as long as the profit curve never turns negative. They're careful to maintain an asymptotic curve where eventually, they take everything above a standard of living that most Americans would classify as upper middle class.
Taxes Suck -- 2017 Edition
Taxes Suck -- 2017 Edition
Taxes Suck -- 2017 Edition
If I was merely wasting the money I pay in taxes, I could live with the progressive tax rate where they take a lot more when I make a little more, as long as the profit curve never turns negative. They're careful to maintain an asymptotic curve where eventually, they take everything above a standard of living that most Americans would classify as upper middle class.