Russia has a 13% flat tax...
Posted on 04/19/2014 11:09:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I would pay more with a flat tax, and I am for the flat tax. We need a simplified code to make it easier to comply. We need a law where everybody pays something so they stop thinking government services are free.
Russia has a 13% flat tax...
I prefer the fair tax, but this is good news too
How about NO tax.
We should have to pay any transaction tax for the labor of our hands. That is OUR property.
RE: How about NO tax.
How do you run the government with that?
a flat tax still is invasive of our privacy. we should stick with excise taxes (like gasoline taxes) with which taxes can be paid voluntarily and anonymously.
I agree - nrst is far superior to any income-based tax.
But I would go for the flat income tax. It would help us out pretty good for a while anyway.
And then there are the manure-spreaders opposing tariffs, whose purpose is to finance government, not to help establish crony capitalists.
How did we ever exist before the 16th Amendment?
62 percent of Americans SUPPORT the flat tax - which we will NOT get.
60+ percent of Americans OPPOSE centralized health care - but we’re gonna get it rammed down our throats anyway.
Our government NO LONGER represents US. Period.
Reduce the federal government to only those functions enumerated and delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution and you reduce the federal budget by about 90%. The largest item would be national defense. All other functions to be returned to the states and the people to decide per the 10th amendment. Look it up.
The Marxists will be fine with a flat tax, they’ll just make it 75% of income.
There, aren’t we clever?
Before you know it, our new "flat tax" law is every bit as onerous as the old one.
>> “How do you run the government with that?” <<
Better question is “How does the government run YOU with that!
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I am definitely in favor of a flat consumption tax to replace the progressive income tax we now have. The change would work against those of us who are now living off a lifetime of after-tax savings, effectively doubling our tax burden, but I am still in favor of it going forward.
Gargantuan controlling government is by far the largest employer in the entire country. This is wrong and immoral.
It's time government be dramatically reduced at all levels... With massive reductions in government, it will be much easier to pay for and fund and will not even be an issue.
I prefer the “Fair Tax” over the Flat Tax.(both are far more preferable over what we have currently)
I believe most people would favor the Fair Tax if they fully understood it, but unfortunately it can’t be explained in five/ten second sound bites, or thirty second ads.
The entire tax system has been hijacked by interests and politicians using it as a vehicle to control virtually every aspect of our financial lives. Everything from accountants, lawyers, companies like H&R Block, the welfare state, and politicians - they’ll never willingly surrender that kind of power. Entire institutions and livelihoods have been built around it. Just like our ‘legal industry’/criminal justice system.
And a big plus to that would be that with less for them to “control” there would be much less room for bribery and corruption. Also, our congresscritters would have a lot less work to do in DC so could go back to being part-timers. We’d also not have legions of unelected, unaccountable tyrannical bureaucrats unconstitutionally writing legislation (”legally binding” regulations).
I lived in a flat-tax "country" (Hong Kong). I paid 15%. Deductions only for immediate dependents, nothing else. It was only on income earned in the territory. Fantastically simple. Made earning, saving and building wealth, even in such an expensive city, relatively easy and desirable. On the Government side, made tax collection very easy. Nearly every citizen (except the most poor) paid something, so the tax base was very broad. The simplicity prevented special interests from lobbying the government to hide benefits in a complex code.
I will always be proponent of flat tax.
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