Isn't this the thing though? You've just started to describe a rudimentary progressive tax, the more you try to make your flat tax fair. "Ok -- flat percentage of 10%. That's unfair to the poor, though, and a boon to the rich, so we'll give an exemption for a set amount -- let's say, the first $45,000 of wealth. Hrm. Got kids? Well, we have to take that into account, so we'll set up deductions that they can take on the current system. That's just the stuff we're talking about in this very simplified debate of what tax codes are good and bad.
I think that my main point is: any tax system is onerous. There's no way to make it fair...you just have to make it as fair as possible while still pulling in revenue.
I am actually not a fan of the income tax system, period. I'm much more a fan of the consumption tax. And yes, I am aware that makes me a far-right-wing nutjob of the top order.
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Date: 2007-05-23 09:11 pm (UTC)I think that my main point is: any tax system is onerous. There's no way to make it fair...you just have to make it as fair as possible while still pulling in revenue.
I am actually not a fan of the income tax system, period. I'm much more a fan of the consumption tax. And yes, I am aware that makes me a far-right-wing nutjob of the top order.