[CyberAnt]

Can anybody tell me what happens to this "tax credit" when we go to a flat tax or a sales tax, instead of the current tax system ...??

[Technogeeb]

Can anybody tell me what happens to this "tax credit" when we go to a flat tax or a sales tax, instead of the current tax system ...??

The bureaucrats have to still be involved (otherwise the system is violently and almost universally opposed), and most of the "flat tax / sales tax" systems still involve a "tax rebate" of some sort to insure that they will still be able to manipulate the system for income redistribution. Ironically, a lot of freepers couldn't see the problem with "rebates" that had nothing to do with the amount of tax actually paid (instead, providing a "rebate" based on the number of children, etc).

[plain talk]

Can anybody tell me what happens to this "tax credit" when we go to a flat tax or a sales tax, instead of the current tax system ...??

You mean when bats fly out my arse. I won't care then.

[jla]

Can anybody tell me what happens to this "tax credit" when we go to a flat tax or a sales tax, instead of the current tax system ...??

[Senator Hollings abruptly rises]
"That ish-yooo willbuh di-bated 'n hammer'd out in cuh-mit-tee"