Howdy David, a flat tax would just reward the rich with lower taxes and punish the impoverished with taxes they didn't have before. The flat tax also will not address the flight of corporations to tax havens.
flat tax- bad idea. David M. Brockes wrote: > This is why we need a "Flat Tax" system in this country for both Individual > and Business. 8% to 12% would provide a tax base much more robust than what > we have today....and most of us would probably pay less, if most of us pay less, then somebody pays more. A 12% tax rate would mean tax break for the rich; hence, the poor would be paying more for the rich persons reduction. but certainly > everyone would pay a "fair" share.....and think of all the savings there > would be from all the "extra" costs currently related to our Tax system!! > Just IMHO!! > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:51 AM > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] BP loses money?? Yeah, right. > > > It's all part of the standard multinational corporation planning to move > the profits to the jurisdiction in which they are taxed least > (preferably not at all). > <cut> -- Bob Allen http://ozarker.org/bob "Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves" — Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
