I'm not being sarcastic, but a family who makes $15K a year would pay the same amount as Jim Gates?
You get one vote and Bill Gates gets one vote, isn't being treated equally under the law what we want? Of course equal citizens should get an equal tax bill, that is if you belive in equality. If you don't believe in equality just say so, and I'm sure we can devise a system where your rights are dependent upon your "social class", also remember if you dont believe in equal rights, try not to ask for yours, cause you will not make a convincing case.
NO it's not the same AMOUNT ... it's the same tax RATE.
And it's Bill Gates - although any Jim Gates would pay the same rate as would you and I on taxable things.
Well, in a way. It is not like a citizenship tax, or a poll tax (ruled illegal by the Supremes) or a 'No taxation without representation' tax. Our Democrat citizens would not stand for that!
But 'One man, one vote' was the rallying cry at out nation's onset; Now one man must pay a lot more to be a citizen than some layabout on welfare. We had a revolution about that here in our country and we seem to value the one man one vote idea but in fact it is not so.
The Fair Tax thing tries to split the baby by getting away from that nasty IRS and apportioning the tax by how much you spend vs. how much you make. The present system is much like the Fair Tax plan but one, the IRS way, has criminal sanctions for enforcement and the other allows you to have a voice in how much you pay. So yes, you could theoretically pay the same as MS Bill but his wife would probably have him paying quite a bit more. So both sides get something.