10% hard flat tax for everyone. No deductions, credits, or loopholes.
I support that 100%. I looked back at my tax filings when I was in army back in 68 and note I PAID income tax on earnings of about 2K. IOW, I got no credits and the refund I got was of a portion of the taxes I paid. It was one way in those days, into the coffers. Today it is one way for some and a rebound plus additional funds for others with the various “credits” available. It really is nothing but a welfare system disguised as a tax system. No wonder most people feel those making a lot of money are not paying their fair share. IMO, the first question in any survey should be: do you pay any net taxes. If not, no further questions.
Wouldn’t that be lovely? I just finished our taxes and am ready to hang them all again. They’ll get our additional money owed on April 18th. Not a day sooner.
The so-called "progressive" income tax is a central plank of the communist manifesto, along with inheritance taxes, fractional reserve banking, etc. The "progressive" period of the early 20th century saw an incredible number of developments which represented massive increases in federal power.
Consumption (sales) taxes are inherently more fair: they don't discourage savings, and paying them does not violate violating privacy. There are many other advantages to such traditional taxes—unless one is a big fan of the deficit spending models used by modern socialist governments—and so many negative side effects of income taxation, that I believe preserving the income tax in any form can't be considered "daring".
Patriots should instinctively despise this sort of taxation, which was unheard of at the tome pf the Revolution, and even up until the Civil War.
The income tax should be abolished, but rate reductions and concrete steps in the right direction will satiate me at the moment.