America’s progressive tax system is based on graduated brackets that require higher earners to pay a larger percentage of their income than lower earners — at least on paper.
I asked ChatGPT what would happen if the upper class paid taxes at the same rate as the lower class, and it explained that the rich would pay more, not less, if the law were changed to even the rates. In fact, it wrote that “the U.S. economy and society would experience major shifts.”
