Why The Sanders Tax Plan Makes More Sense Than You Think

Carolly
5 min readFeb 24, 2020

Or, How Income Taxes Work

In the wake of the Democratic primaries in the United States, it’s become pretty clear that pretty much nobody understands how marginal income tax actually works, and it’s time to clarify that. Now, to be clear, I don’t particularly support an income tax at all; I believe that the entire system should be replaced, and I have a strong preference for different forms of taxation, but that’s another article.

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Carolly

Writer, musician/producer, trans Bene Gesserit witch.. Nonbinary girl. Lesbian. She/her/elle. Middle age. Officially disabled per the Canadian government.