How is the federal income tax a progressive tax? Children pay no taxes, regardless of whether they earn a large income.

A person with a higher income pays more money in taxes although the percentage he or she pays as a tax is less.

Two married people who file their taxes together will pay more taxes than a single person will.

The higher the income a person has, the higher the percentage that person pays in tax.

John recently received his semester grades and found that he had failed two courses. he says the reason he failed the two courses is that they were taught by female professors. john believes that women are really not smart enough to teach at the college level. in this example, the female professors are a) spacegoats and being blamed for john's grades b) being discriminatory toward john c) probably not smart enough to teach in a college d) prejudiced against john because he is male