> > But this all brings me to my newest peeve: Why is the tax bracket higher for an unmarried person with no children who doesn't even use the public school system? Married people get a tax break just for being married.
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> Mousie, I don't know about the children part of your arguement, but the above isn't correct. Married people, filing jointly, pay more in (federal) taxes than the same two people would pay if they filed separately at the single rate.
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> -Faux "married" Pas

Well, I'm so old, it USED to be true.