My posts were not about ‘what might happen’ to the Flat Tax. The Flat tax has been tried in American history a total of 6 times starting with the very first tax code in 1913 after the 16th amendment was ratified.
If a flat tax has failed 6 times to stay flat then it is not difficult to understand why it keeps failing. The 16th amendment is a de facto business license for members of Congress, the IRS and tax lobbyists to tinker with the code.
There is nothing to stop a flat tax from creating more and more brackets to the point that it is no longer flat. What keeps new brackets forming is the 16th amendment and Congress. They will pass amendments to creat another bracket, then another and then another etc. Nothing can stop them because the 16th allows them to do it.
Take away the 16th and there will be no more tax insanity. But take away the 16th and a flat tax will no longer be legal. But the FairTax is legal under a Constitution where the 16th has been repealed.
“The Flat tax has been tried in American history a total of 6 times starting with the very first tax code in 1913 after the 16th amendment was ratified.”
Continuing to say that will not make it true. When taxes are levied at different percentages, as you have cited, it is not a flat tax. It is a progressive tax.
You do not understand the flat tax. This might help;
http://biggovernment.com/dmitchell/2010/03/29/the-flat-tax-good-for-america-bad-for-washington/
and there are many other sites.
Mr. Pence and I happen to agree that a FLAT tax (the same rate applying to all) is the best way to go to rid ourselves of the parasites and stop soaking the rich.
And I could not agree more that progressive taxes such as those about which you speak are unacceptable, but we need to start with a logical premise to have this discussion.
Either you refuse to do so because you do not want a discussion or you do not understand the difference between a flat tax and a progressive tax.
You sir, are dead wrong. We have not had and never have had a flat tax. We have always had a progressive tax - more taxes are paid by the rich as a percentage. Which, of course, is unfair. Flat means equal. Equal means fair.