I believe that personal industry should be encouraged and rewarded. Presently, individuals who demonstrate the fortitude to tackle a second job in order to better provide for their families face a tax penalty for working harder. I believe that those individuals so willing to take on a second job over and above their first full-time position should not be penalized by advancing into a higher tax bracket. They should instead have the second job taxed separately in a tax bracket that is at least half of what they are asked to pay with there first full-time employed position.

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