Maybe companies have to pay into a health-care tax for part-time workers that would get covered by medicaid, plus a part-time worker fee/tax.
I wonder what the unintended ramifications of this would be. People end up working as full-timers for a contracting company that gigs out its individuals like current employment agencies? Companies try to classify everyone as a 1099 contractor? Probably not...
Translation: steal more aggressively from people choosing to work less, than we steal from full time wage slaves.
I love my gigs and the freedom of doing freelance web, software, uber driving and also small sales.
I only work 20-30 hours per week as I see fit and can choose who I report to and when I take time off.
Why should the government steal more from me for that?
I do agree though that a tax system that punishes people who for working less hours is essentially a regressive tax and thus a poor idea.
The history of taxation is one of tolls, robbery, piracy and skullduggery. Source: https://mises.org/library/taxation-robbery
The word I should have used is Robbery. Not theft.
Readthe founding father's of US constitution for their thoughts on this kind of income tax.
In fact, Income Tax was promised to be temporary to fund war efforts. Liars.
Any compulsory demand to give up your labor and property at the threat of being locked in a cage, or killed is straight up robbery.
Also, your comment is Statist because we do not have a relationship to the "government". We have a relationship to the men with guns that show up at your door when you do not compulsorily give up 40% of your labor and property.