....I wouldn't have a major problem with a flat tax system if it was applied properly ... by eliminating ALL deductions, including mortgage deductions, we didn't tax the wages earned below an established poverty wage level, and we agreed to aggressively penalize the cheaters who earn & hide their money in other countries but live the American lifestyle here.
....But, you won't get that kind of "fair system" because this is not about being FAIR ... its about avoiding taxes, period. You'll never get the wealthiest income earners to agree to elimination of their current, many options of getting around the taxation of their money. The wealthiest income earners benefit by using current resources a lot more than the poor (transportation, real property, luxuries, municipality services, technologies, military, etc) a lot more than the poorest income earners. So, if you go to a flat tax system, but make no adjustments to "taxable incomes" by leaving the tax waivers on the books for the rich, you've not accomplished a fair tax system. You've simply arranged for more
"trickle down" and poverty, and robbed the country of much needed revenue.
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