Which is, in short, to have a more regressive tax system than the United States and a more progressive benefits and transfers system than the United States.

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This is a dramatically regressive tax system.

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News reports that the US tax system is regressive make me want to throw hamburgers at the screen.

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In the UK, given the tax system, this would mean increasing VAT (a nice regressive tax) and then, say, abolishing the 50 p additional tax rate on higher earners.

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You raise more money via the tax system, certainly, but you do this in a regressive manner because it causes less damage to the future economy.

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