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The article states, "In addition to [Social Security] having a progressive tax rate..." This is just flat out incorrect. One might call Social Security a progressive benefit, it does NOT have a "progressive tax rate," according to the IRS: https://apps.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/whys/thm03/les05/media/ws_ans_thm03_les05.pdf
Whoever wrote that conflated a progressive program with a progressive tax rate. They aren't the same thing. This entire article likely has similar bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.22.27 ( talk) 12:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
The myth of wealth redistribution is used to politically attack government welfare programs. It implies that government intends to make wealth more equal by taking from the "rich" and giving to the "poor". However, that is never the case.
A progressive tax system distributes the costs of all government programs according to wealth. Each program has it's own purpose, such as building and maintaining public roads, providing a public education system, or assuring those living in poverty have adequate food, clothing, and shelter. There is no government program that intends to redistribute wealth.
The "wealth redistribution" concept is used to imply government is following some nefarious plan to equalize the rich with the poor. The claim is false. Yet it plays into a rhetoric that may sway some voters.
The article on "redistribution of wealth" needs to cast the concept in a neutral fashion, noting its context within political myth.
The above has no sources, and is just a stream of irrelevant opinions and unsupported claims. The section is trying to push a political agenda, and that does not seem appropriate for wikipedia.
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Add to bottom of second paragraph of article: Tax law and consumer law are the main two areas in which the government can participate in redistribution. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cf2022 ( talk • contribs) 02:58, December 22, 2020 (UTC)
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The article states, "In addition to [Social Security] having a progressive tax rate..." This is just flat out incorrect. One might call Social Security a progressive benefit, it does NOT have a "progressive tax rate," according to the IRS: https://apps.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/whys/thm03/les05/media/ws_ans_thm03_les05.pdf
Whoever wrote that conflated a progressive program with a progressive tax rate. They aren't the same thing. This entire article likely has similar bias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.237.22.27 ( talk) 12:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
The myth of wealth redistribution is used to politically attack government welfare programs. It implies that government intends to make wealth more equal by taking from the "rich" and giving to the "poor". However, that is never the case.
A progressive tax system distributes the costs of all government programs according to wealth. Each program has it's own purpose, such as building and maintaining public roads, providing a public education system, or assuring those living in poverty have adequate food, clothing, and shelter. There is no government program that intends to redistribute wealth.
The "wealth redistribution" concept is used to imply government is following some nefarious plan to equalize the rich with the poor. The claim is false. Yet it plays into a rhetoric that may sway some voters.
The article on "redistribution of wealth" needs to cast the concept in a neutral fashion, noting its context within political myth.
The above has no sources, and is just a stream of irrelevant opinions and unsupported claims. The section is trying to push a political agenda, and that does not seem appropriate for wikipedia.
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. see my response |
Hello, I am employed by Boston University's Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries. After reviewing this Wikipedia page, I believe that information from one of our faculty's scholarship might provide a valuable addition to this page. I would appreciate it if this requested edit could be reviewed.
Add to bottom of second paragraph of article: Tax law and consumer law are the main two areas in which the government can participate in redistribution. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cf2022 ( talk • contribs) 02:58, December 22, 2020 (UTC)
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Cf2022 ( talk) 04:15, 6 January 2021 (UTC)Cf2022