On 4/6/2014 5:16 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > A progressive tax is NOT complicated. We've had it before. The > purpose is to prevent the country from having oligarchs like we have > now buying politicians through their corporations and lording > influence over us. That's the fascist state we have now. > All sales taxes are flat tax. > > What flat tax rate are you proposing? Let's say for simplicity it was > 10% which of course sounds good to a lot of people. However to > someone who only earns $50,000 a year that's quite a hit. To someone > earning $250,000 it isn't such a hit. See the problem? > Flat tax systems are in place in several states in the U.S. California income tax rate is 10.55% on income over $1 million. If there was a federal flat tax on earnings, I would be willing to pay my fair share - 1.0 % to the federal government - there is no tax on income in Texas, so it's not an issue for me in the next presidential election.
> Are you going to exempt people under a certain income? > Just for the record, I am opposed to all taxation on general principles. Go figure.
