[jack-r-abbit]

> The rate only increases if your income is above $250k, which doesn't seem unreasonable.

How "reasonable" that seems would depend on from which side of the $250k mark you are looking at it. Of course it is an easy sell to convince people to vote for a tax they don't have to pay. But such is democracy... two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

[Mikeb85]

The 'basic' cost of living for everyone is more or less the same. It's a proportionally larger share of your income if you have less money. $250K is a high wage relative to the cost of living in the US today.

[jack-r-abbit]

Well... "more or less" has a pretty large variance. My mother rents a 2 bedroom duplex in Idaho for like $500/month. In the Bay Area I could probably rent a tent in my backyard for $500/month. A person making $150k/yr where she lives in Idaho is going to be far better off than a person making $250k/yr in the Bay Area.

[Mikeb85]

Yes. But someone making $150k in either place is going to be better off than someone making $30k in either...