Progressive? not at the moment.

To be honest, it'd be great if we didn't have to pay taxes. If we could have the money we earned not be hacked away at to leave us with less than what we've made. But, for everything that the government does, someone has to pay them to do it. We're benefiting from these programs, services, goods, whatever you want to call them. We're benefiting. Therefore, if you benefit, you should pay. I mean, it's as simple as that. That's why I believe, that as of right now, the way we tax isn't getting us anywhere. We need to tax everyone. Even if the amount is small for the poorer class, as an example, anything counts. I still say that the more you earn the more you pay should go too, I mean it's just an unfortunate fact. Until we get out of our debt, until we have a balanced budget we need to tax everyone. Or we need to cut programs, but as Americans, we want everything but want to pay very little, if at all,  for it.

In conclusion, I don't think the progressive theory works. We need to tax everyone, not so much for people that they can't uphold an average way of living (food, shelter, water, clothes, etc). But I do think that the more you earn, the more you pay.