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Originally Posted by biker1
Wrong. The marriage penalty kicks in when two earners have close to the same income and are in the middle and upper marginal tax brackets. A married couple will pay more in taxes, combined, than if they were single. Married filing single results in an even larger marriage penalty. It pays to be married if you have one earner or there is a large difference in earnings and you are in the lower marginal tax brackets. Those are the facts and singles do not subsidize married people.
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What you have in effect said is that there are rare exceptions to the disadvantage of being single. You make my point by calling it a marriage penalty in the rare event that someone coupled should ever pay a higher percentage than someone single.
Is scoffing and disdain as in your other posts really necessary to the discussion?