(1) most of these people are paying NOTHING, and are, in fact, TAKING under the EITC, and
(2) exactly NO American pays the same rate now; even those technically in the same marginal tax bracket do not pay the same effective tax rate -- because of the loopholes, deductions and so on that would be ELIMINATED under 999.
Why should someone who makes less money but spends most of it on rent so he can live in a better neighborhood pay higher rates than someone who makes more and lives in a big city? Fankly, I think that's unAmerican.
Good grief, this is EXACTLY what is happening NOW, only instead of the differential being a few percentage points, it is between ZERO income being subjected to tax and much higher tax rates.
So, yes, I agree with you that the PRESENT TAX CODE is un-American and it must be changed, for example, to something like the 999 plan.
And why incentivise blacks to stay in 'da hood?
You can't be serious.
Going from paying nothing to paying something is an incentive?
Are you not aware that it is the Democrat welfare state, including a tax code that only taxes 50% of Americans and which provides a "tax rebate" to those who don't even pay taxes, that has "incentivized" blacks to stay in the urban plantations -- as well as incentivized all the social pathologies that are associated with the urban centers?
You continue to act as though only blacks are eligible for the poverty-line exemption or to live in OZ. It is a color-blind policy. It's just too bad that Democrat policies have disproportionately affected American blacks for decades.
Our current tax system applies equally to all Americans, regardless of where they live. Taxing at different rates due to different incomes is one thing. Taxing people with the same income at different rates based on where they live is quite different. The same rules should apply to all, regardless of where they live. You can spin it any way you want, but that’s the bottom line for me anyway.