A flat tax is still an income tax, it still requires you to pay lawyers and accountants to file taxes, and it empowers the IRS.
The only real answer is a Fair Tax that does away with the IRS. Only until the IRS is eliminated, tax accountants, tax lawyers, and the whole ilk will Americans have a chance to regain their prosperity.
“The only real answer is a Fair Tax that does away with the IRS.”
And what makes us think that the IRS, politicians, and all the other people who benefit from the current system would agree to close up shop? The “Fair tax” is a nice idea, I just don’t see it happening.