Oh great, the Republicans want a FLAT TAX

[OliverFA]

Originally posted by GePap


Because as you yourself stated, Russias problem was tax COLLECTION. Hence the low receipts was based by run-away tax evasion, and putitng in a flat tax at this time helped to fight that.

The US has a very different situation.

I just explained why Russia did it. No one would dare to propose this politically incorrect idea of implanting a flat tax. The only reason why Russia did was because of his limitations, not because they really believed in it. But then they found the pleasant surprise that their income was a lot more higher that it would have been with a progressive tax system if they have had the infrastructure to properly collect it. So, the Russian experience demonstrates flat tax is much better. Grants more money to both the people and the government.

[Last Conformist]

I do not think that the state of state finance in the US and pre-reform Russia are unqualifiedly comparable. Quite a few arguments have already be presented as to why it would be a bad idea.

Actually, I suspect it's not really a good system in Russia today either - it's likely just that the previous system was even more dysfunctional, and that the Russian state does not have the bureaucratic capacity for administering a better system.

Anyway, is the Russian system truly flat, or is there some basic exemption?

[Last Conformist]

But then they found the pleasant surprise that their income was a lot more higher that it would have been with a progressive tax system if they have had the infrastructure to properly collect it. So, the Russian experience demonstrates flat tax is much better. Grants more money to both the people and the government.

The flat tax took in more money than the progressive would have if properly enforced? That can only possibly mean that the average tax rate was in fact increased, or that the economy grew very rapidly as the transition was made. In the later case it could at best be indirectly related to the tax reform.

Tax collection doesn't create value. A tax reform that, in itself, both takes in more money to the state and leaves more to the taxed is impossible.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Kidicious


My days of arguing with multitudes of idiots on end are over.

Everyone is an idiot except you eh? What are the odds of that?

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I just explained why Russia did it. No one would dare to propose this politically incorrect idea of implanting a flat tax. The only reason why Russia did was because of his limitations, not because they really believed in it. But then they found the pleasant surprise that their income was a lot more higher that it would have been with a progressive tax system if they have had the infrastructure to properly collect it. So, the Russian experience demonstrates flat tax is much better. Grants more money to both the people and the government.

Congratulations for failing completely to understand the corruption levels of Russia 5 years ago.

Do some research of the subject.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Sikander
Everyone is an idiot except you eh? What are the odds of that?

I didn't say everyone was an idiot, but I could find 15 or more idiots real quick if I tried.