You misunderstand Fred’s tax plan. From:
http://www.fred08.com/virtual/taxrelief.aspx
[The simplified tax code would contain two tax rates: 10% for joint filers on income of up to $100,000 ($50,000 for singles) and 25% on income above these amounts.]
This means your tax on $101,000 would be $10,250 and not the $25,250 you claimed.
I don’t know.
I understand what you are saying here, but I can also see how it can be easily interpreted my way.
Wouldn’t you agree that a better way to say this, to bolster your point, would be to say “25% on income after the first $100,000”?
Notwithstanding, his plan is “optional”. Is this reform or not? In either case, exersizing the option or not, he is still advocating for a progressive income tax; something he has denounced previously.