With a progressive taxation, the gap between high and low income narrows. Low income people may not even notice a change in tax bracket, if any such thing happen, high income people will give back a substantial part of that additional income. I believe, up to 50+% in some US states.
Is UBI a necessary part of progressive taxation? Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like that same thing can be accomplished without UBI. Am I thinking about that wrong?
I know what a progressive tax is and I don't believe UBI is a pre-req to be able to implement a more progressive tax structure.
I worded my response as a questions because this isn't an area that I have done a lot of research on and I'm not confident enough in my understanding to be sure of that. I'd rather ask a question than assert my uncertain belief.
It's also worthwhile to reduce taxation at the lowest end, as long as the extra taxes are used to provide basic human rights such as universal and comprehensive healthcare.
This may slightly change median, I think.