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Why do tax brackets work this way why is it that a Rich/Wealthy person the first few 000 dollars may be taxed at 10% than the next 30 000 dollars is taxed at 20% than over 3 million dollars is taxed may be taxed at 70% why does a Progressive Tax System work this why why can't the rich pay 70% on the first few 000 dollars too is it because than the Working Class would be paying 70% too or am I wrong about this flat rate please help me understand ?

Example

Imagine that there are three tax brackets: 10%, 20%, and 30%. The 10% rate applies to income from $1 to $10,000; the 20% rate applies to income from $10,001 to $20,000; and the 30% rate applies to all income above $20,000.
Under this system, someone earning $10,000 would be taxed at a rate of 10%, paying a total of $1,000. Someone earning $5,000 would pay $500, and so on.
Meanwhile, someone earning $35,000 would face a more complicated calculation. The rate on the first $10,000 would be 10%; the rate from $10,001 to $20,000 would be 20%; and the rate above that would be 30%. Thus, he would pay $1,000 for the first $10,000 of income; $2,000 for the second $10,000 of income; and $4,500 for the last $15,000 of income; in total, he would pay $7,500, or about 21.4%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_bracket

If you remove tax brackets and tax someone just slightly above the threshold, he might end up making less money than someone under it.

Staying with the example, if I make $10,000, I'm taxed 10$ and get to keep $9,000.
Now I get a 10% raise, but this means I'm subject to a 20% rate; If you apply this rate to my whole income, I'm paying $2,200 and only keep $8,800, which is less than I had before the raise, so I'm understandably pissed off.

If you just tax the $1000 I made in excess of the $10,000, I'm only paying $200 more in taxes than the year before, so I get to keep $9,800.

Removing tax brackets just benefits the ultra-affluent, while overcharging people who are just joining the club of the rich.

@CyborgJesus prove it