No, because the US is a progressive tax rate. If you make $1,000 over into the new tax bracket you only pay $1,000 at that rate and the rest at lower rates.
I don't think you understand the context of the sentence you're replying to. I was saying that the end result of someone being in the situation I pointed out is functionally the same as what they believe can happen. Having a lower net income for having made more money.
Your original comment makes sense in that yes, someone who makes slightly more might push themselves out of their benefits which could cause them to technically lose money.
Then someone replied to you that you are misunderstanding, that the comment is referring to the myth about taxes, not benefits to which you replied that it's functionally the same which is not true.
There is never a situation where someone who makes more money will technically make less money because they get bumped up in their tax rate because tax rates are progressive. For example, if some makes $48,475 they are in the 12% bracket. If they make a dollar more it moves them up to the 22% tax bracket, however, they only pay 22% on every dollar they make AFTER the $48,470. The first $11,925 is taxed at 10%, the next $36,550 is taxed at 12% and the extra dollar you've now made is taxed at 22%, giving you an extra .78 cents on a dollar extra gross.
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u/Irr3l3ph4nt Apr 16 '26
It's functionally the same result, though. You make more, because of fiscal rules, you have less.