Bullshit. Look, we've discussed this before. If I need econ advice, I will NOT go to an avowed commie.No one is ever penalized for getting a second job with “a higher income tax bracket”.
No kidding. In short let me say this ... if i get a yob and pay X in taxes. I paid my "fair share". So what I do with my time and energy should be MINE. PERIOD. HARD STOP. I already paid my "fair share". But if i get a 2nd yob, then i have to pay taxes on it too AND most likely at a higher rate. That is penalized (not penalized in the IRS parlance, but in reality) and punished. We've had previous discussions on this before and you are unable to grasp "fair share" doesn't mean "fair share" when pols or lefties talk about it or unwilling to admit communism is failed.Tax brackets are graduated. You're only taxed at the higher rate on the income in that bracket. All your original income is at the original rate.
Also, what happens in your system? Rich people hire good tax accountants who write shit off as "legal expenses" and the get away with it (unless your last name is Trump). In the fairtax, they cannot "hide" their purchases and their income no longer "matters" taxwise.
Ask another way ... who should benefit from YOUR labor? Should I? (If so ,,, I'm not benefiting enough Princess ... get another J O B.)