Banned TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs"

[Sheer Visor]

[QUOTE=Mobon1;51849742]Why do tax brackets exist in the United States rather than some sort of logarithmic scale?[/QUOTE]

likely something that was formed to simplify the system but then was abused

[TornadoAP]

[QUOTE=Mobon1;51849742]Why do tax brackets exist in the United States rather than some sort of logarithmic scale?[/QUOTE]

It's because the way our tax system actually works. The money you make inside of each different tax bracket is only taxed that specific amount. So for example, a person who makes say $30,000 gets taxed 0% for their first $9000 dollars made, and then is taxed at the fifteen percent on their next $21000 made. You can't really do that with a logarithmic scale.