Strange question in a programming textbook...

[Robert]

I'm currently trying to learn a bit of Java and am working my way through, "Big Java," by Cay Horstman.

Page 210, self check, question 6.

Some people object to higher tax rates for higher incomes, claiming that you might end up with less money after taxes when you get a raise for working hard.
What is the flaw in this argument?

Ah, well. Cheered me up anyway.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

It would be funnier to present a big tax schedule with lots of brackets and tell the testee to find all the incomes where a $5 raise would result in a decrease in after tax income - and no calculators allowed.