Why we need a mandatory living wage:

[Dystopia]

I just figure if you're struggling just to live, then any tax is just another burden piled on other burdens. Not that I'm some major or minor in economy. I do realize that a 5% tax on everyone still leaves the rich paying more than the poor, but if you're making less than $10,000 a year, then 5% will make a bigger difference than if you're making over $10,000,000 a year.

Chad, for really poor people perhaps exceptions could be made, that's not a problem, but generally everyone pays the same, it's better - In the case of progressive taxes organized by 'levels' it's easy to avoid the system and trick the government, if it's 5% for everyone there is no run away, you have to pay and don't get to argue why you should pay 4 and not 5.

Rhythm, With that I completely agree Don't take my opinion as a pro-american-conservative one, but I'm not a liberal either - It's just what I think, maybe because in Europe problems are different I may be suggesting measures that would not be effective. Here I see government intervention as a problem - Maybe in the US it's a lack of intervention the problem