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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
That’s not true in Australia, and I imagine not true in the US.

Tax brackets don’t work like that.
gpt
It's not true in the US either, can confirm. But it's very very common that people *think* that's the way it works. I suspect it has A LOT to do with all the political attack adds that heavily imply it. I've had lots of people in my life that literally give up opportunities to make more money "because they'd have to pay more taxes!!" One won a bunch of money gambling and stopped because it wasn't "worth the taxes," another stopped working overtime for the same reason. Makes no sense, they're literally giving up extra income because *some* of it will go to the government, even though they will still have more in the end.