Posted on 02/27/2005 11:27:06 PM PST by goldstategop
Despite all of its advantages, the flat tax faces enormous ideological opposition. Envy and the lust for the political control that complicated tax regimes can provide are powerful motivations to keep progressive tax systems in place. Karl Marx in "The Communist Manifesto" was among the first to call for "a heavy progressive or graduated income tax" at a time when a flat rate was the norm in advanced countries. He listed it as second in the list of priorities for a new society based on the class struggle.
It is therefore ironic that every country that has adopted the flat tax is a former communist nation--except Hong Kong, the modern originator of the concept, which has seen its new communist rulers retain the flat tax as a centerpiece of its economic policies.
Given all this, why should the U.S. allow itself to continue to see its economic potential limited by a Marxist concept that most nations that followed that path are now fleeing from?
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")
bttt
WHY aren't we doing it?
Entrenched Communists...oopsie I mean "progressives."
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