“With a top rate of 35%, we are better off than Europe but not by much.”
Top rate for federal income tax in 2013 is 39.6%. Add social security and state income taxes and it is easy to be over 50%.
We’ll never get a flat tax.
We have a graduated er progressive income tax system.
I don’t agree with Putin on everything but if you want smaller government - meaning a government that lets you keep most of your paycheck, fight for it!
A flat tax of 20% would be an improvement over the 50% effective tax rate we have now.