Website worked perfectly fine an hour ago . They are just getting swamped by everbody trying to buy Civ VI . <| sep |> Well it IS flu season . But seriously , abuse of sick time can get you fired , even with a cushy union job . Hang the bastards out to dry <| sep |> I ' m biased as I don ' t like the beach but you should go and experience it and make up your own mind . <| sep |> I keep deleting my replies because I am old and don ' t know how to use this thing . I am not sure I understand what you mean . I know what progressive means and I have a decent understanding of taxes I am not an accountant but am an economics professor . I think you mean I should look at the entire calculation ? For the lowest bracket there ' s only one rate that ' s relevant . The standard deduction is going up to 30 , 000 . My bil is self employed when he is employed and claims a bunch of things that will go away . Trump ' s changes are going to make the current system more regressive ovetall compared to the current tax system . It is still progressive but much less so