{"id":9747,"date":"2019-01-26T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=9747"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:25:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:25:34","slug":"progressive-income-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/01\/progressive-income-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"The Progressive Income Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The progressive income tax is one of those economic terms that gets bandied about, but few actually know what it means or how it works. Taxes are the price we pay for civilized society, the progressivity of taxes largely determines how that price varies among individuals. A&nbsp;progressive tax&nbsp;takes a larger percentage of income from high-income groups than from low-income groups and is based on the concept of&nbsp;ability to pay.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video about the progressive income tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Progressive Income Tax: A Tale of Three Brothers | 5 Minute Video\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6HEH23W_bM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"ol1 wp-block-list\"><li><span class=\"s2\">What comes to mind when you hear the word \u2018tax\u2019?<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"s2\">Describe your country\u2019s tax system.<\/span><\/li><li>What changes would you like to see in your country\u2019s tax system?<\/li><li>\u00a0How taxes are spent in your country?<\/li><li>Should poor people be exempted from paying tax? 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