| Under a Proportional Tax system, everyone pays the same percentage of their
income in taxes, regardless of how much money he or she makes. Let's say that
the Proportional Tax was 20%. |
| If you made $1,000 a year mowing lawns over the summer, you would pay $200 in
taxes. |
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If you made $8,000 per year working part-time at the pizza parlor, you
would pay $1,600 in taxes. |
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| If you made $80,000 a year working at an advertising firm, you would pay
$16,000 in taxes. That might sound like a lot of money, but it's exactly the
same percentage of income as someone making only $1,000.
Proportional Taxes take the same percentage of income from all income groups.
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