• Owl@lemm.eeEnglish
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    19 days ago

    i dont understand, isnt this graph showing that 2/3 of democrats dont understand how taxes work vs only 1/3 of republicans? wouldnt correct mean that yes, your tax bill goes up?

    • AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works
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      19 days ago

      The options were that your taxes go up by a small amount or substantially. The correct answer is by a small amount since you only pay higher taxes on the one dollar that you’re over.

      • nibbler@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        19 days ago

        took me a minute to realize that, too. The wording is just not too good in the graph. “Your tax bill would go up small amount” is not a proper sentence. I would have expected yes/no (which of course makes no sense either).

        The question should have been: “if you earn $1 more now, will you have more or less money after tax?”.