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| Yes | 64% | 59 votes | Total: 92 votes | |
| No | 36% | 33 votes |
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by Jeg Brown
A flat tax system? Currently the U.S. has a progressive tax system with reams and reams of regulations, loopholes, and supporting 'instructions'. According to the IRS, it sho...read more
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by Daniel May
Change Is Needed The Flat Tax Is Coming It would be hard to deny that America's tax system is a desperately in need of change. What has worked in the past is not worki...read more
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I looked at both sides of the flat tax, and the fair tax and did their calculations on what my income would be under their tax rates. I can tell you the flat tax rate was by fa...read more
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Yes. Currently, the top one percent of all wage earners pays nearly 40% of all taxes. The top 50% pays 96% of all taxes. This means that half of this country contributes only fo...read more
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by Andrew Page
While I would say "yes" to a flat tax or to the idea of a 'consumption tax', I doubt either will ever be implemented in this country any time soon. The political will is just n...read more
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by Bill Whitney
I have always thought that a flat tax system would be the best and fairest system to tax the people. It would be fair for everybody from the richest corporation to the poorest ...read more
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by Ameri-mache'
If I can`t get an AMEN ! Then I`ll give you an AMEN ! Absolutely there should be a flat tax .Only if it means that: 1)We can fire up to 75% of the federal tax collectors...read more
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A fact that seems to astonish a great many people these days is that, for all intents and purposes, the United States already has an effective flat rate income tax. Officially ...read more
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by Native Texan
ABSOLUTELY! Imagine if you were able to keep ninety-five percent (95%) of every paycheck that you received! Imagine too that you no longer had to sweat each year worrying that y...read more
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by Sheila Evans
What a concept?! A flat tax system where everyone and I mean EVERYONE, including small, medium and large corporations pay the exact same percentage as we "little people", aka, ...read more
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by Artie McCall
All emotion aside, the flat tax system is the fairest system for everyone, especially if all deductions, credits, and loopholes are done away with in the process. Someone making...read more
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by Chris Conn
Don't forget that absolutely NOBODY pays tax on every penny that they make in income. One of the first things to note even on the 1040EZ tax form is that $8,750 is not taxed at...read more
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The flat tax idea has been around for a while. Though a flat tax would be far better than the insane income tax system we have now, there are, yet, FAR better solutions than a f...read more
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A flat tax is a method where citizens of a principality pay the same percentage or amount of tax. Sounds fair right? Sure, except for the fact that a flat tax rate does not take...read more
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