Try thinking about it differently, a poor guy gets a ticket in the US for $90 dollars and a rich guy gets a ticket for 90$ who feels the impact of the fine? The rich guy probaly will just brush of the fine being that $90 is nothing to him, and he will not learn from his mistake, but the poor guy will loose a weeks discretionary income and will probaly learn a lesson. By youre reasoning a poor man should pay the same dollar amount in taxes as a well to do guy, that is on its face stupid, everyone should feel the same punch in the stomach.
Mao? Stalin? -- I do hope you just forgot your sarcasm tag.
Yes.
that is on its face stupid
It may be stupid and that may be a point of debate, but that is/was the only constitutional method. Until the 16th Amendment anyway.
ABSOLUTELY!!! This is a wonderful idea. Everyone should pay exactly the same marginal tax rate. (notice this is not the same as paying the same tax, just the same fraction of their income).
As to any "unfairness", ask yourself, "Why are rich people rich?" The answer is that the do things to make themselves rich. Mainly work hard*, stay married, avoid poor lifestyle choices, and spend their money frugally. In short, they behave responsible.
The convers is "Why are people poor?" The answer is that they do things that makes thesmselves poor. They make poor lifesty choices, spend their money foolishly, and don't work as hard*
*In spite of what the Democraps would have you believe, family income correlates pretty well with number of hours worked per week. The highest earning families have combined hours per week worked in the 80's and higher. The lowest earning families have hours per week worked in the mid 20's. These are life style choices. Maybe the poorer families enjoy their time more, but they could choose to work harder if they so desired (statistically of course) Why are people rich?