Object

Will's Progressive Tax Chart Markerboard

Will Bailey stands before this markerboard in the basement meeting room, gesturing to a hand-scrawled chart of income levels and corresponding tax rates—$10,000 at 15%, $100,000 at 28%, $1 million at 36%. Interns Cassie, Elsie, Romano, and three others watch as he traces the lines with a marker, contrasting the administration's progressive plan against Republican cuts. The board fills with calculations that underscore fiscal equity and expose ideological rifts.

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Purpose

Visual aid for illustrating progressive tax rates and refuting Republican alternatives during intern training

Significance

Anchors Will's sharp lecture, igniting urgency in the interns and revealing tensions over merit, market value, and policy framing ahead of crises

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Will's Wake-Up Call: Tax Lesson and Intern Rebuke

Will uses the markerboard as the central visual aid: a hand-scrawled tax chart anchors the lecture, providing concrete numbers and categories that turn abstract policy into sharable talking points for the interns.

Before: Marked with numbers and labels relevant to the tax breakdown; positioned at the head of the room for use in an impromptu briefing.

After: Still written-on and in place; the board has served its evidentiary purpose and remains a reference for the interns as they leave to produce material.

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