A flat tax in the works for the US?

[Imran Siddiqui]

How about you stop deluding yourself and call yourself what you are.

Ok:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44

This says I'm a Right-Winger Libertarian.

Eat it .

[Moral Hazard]

I support a flat tax Im also not conservative.

My ideal tax system would be a flat tax at ~25% on all money over ~40K and no deductions. This would allow for a much smaller IRS. It would also allow it to redirect it's efforts toward business tax avoidance and mixing of small business and owner expenses which all small business owners do. Actually the flat tax part isn't important. The under 40K tax free part is and the end of deductions. Which are essentually the Gov encouraging us to do things it deems desirable (house ownership, college) It also supports an unnecessary industry of accountants.

About college (Grants - Loans) are a much better way of make it attainable then deductions.

[MalevolentLight]

25% is not horrible, but I would like 20%.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

How about you stop deluding yourself and call yourself what you are.

Ok:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44

This says I'm a Right-Winger Libertarian.

Eat it .

Hehe, you're more libertarian than I am.

[Fake Boris]

Flat tax is super retarded anyway. Hopefully he will do it and dismiss the credibility of his party for the decades to come.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hehe, you're more libertarian than I am.

Ha, you can eat it too!

Oh wait... nevermind, I actually like you .

[Ted Striker]

Damn what the hell:


Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.10

[Ted Striker]

The last test said I was a fascist too

[MalevolentLight]

I really like that link so i gave it its own thread. http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=122919

Go post your scores there.

[Shi Huangdi]

It's not pitting people each against each other to ask people to pay in proportion to what they can afford to pay. It would be class warfare to institute a flat tax, with such warfare being waged against the poor.

A single mother of two kids earning 25,000 per year can hardly afford a 30% tax on that income and would be put into pretty severe poverty, and would be a severe damage to their quality of life. It would be unjust for a government to impose such a burden on it's people. Someone earning $100,000 per year can take a 30% tax and still live very comftorably.

Now, I suppose you could argue for having a flat tax, but making the tax rate so low it wouldn't be that much of a burden on anyone. But that doesn't look like it would be very possible the way Bush spends money.

[MalevolentLight]

I think this is a pretty accurate test. Imran ended up just about where he should and so did you Striker.

[Ted Striker]

The Commies are trying to recruit me.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
It's not pitting people each against each other to ask people to pay in proportion to what they can afford to pay. It would be class warfare to institute a flat tax, with such warfare being waged against the poor.

A single mother of two kids earning 25,000 per year can hardly afford a 30% tax on that income and would be put into pretty severe poverty, and would be a severe damage to their quality of life. It would be unjust for a government to impose such a burden on it's people. Someone earning $100,000 per year can take a 30% tax and still live very comftorably.

Now, I suppose you could argue for having a flat tax, but making the tax rate so low it wouldn't be that much of a burden on anyone. But that doesn't look like it would be very possible the way Bush spends money.

[Agathon]

I can't see why ML supports a flat tax. A flat tax is still redistributive in that the rich will pay more.

So much for equality.

[MalevolentLight]

That thumbs up just inducted you into the Communist party. Wear the Russian flag proudly Ted...although judging by your scores they are less communist these days than you are.