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Gothmog

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19. It is by definition regressive

Reply to LaydeeBug (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 07:38 PM

Dec 2013

There is a flat tax proposal that tries to lessen the regressive nature of the flat tax but that proposal is bogus. The Bush administration looked at the flat tax and concluded that it was a bad idea. I am late to a meeting but will find this analysis later.

BTW, the Paul concept of a 5% tax would not replace the revenues currently being raised. There was some analysis that showed that a 30% flat tax would not replace the revenue currently raised by the tax code

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Please help me debunk the 'flat tax' meme. [View all] LaydeeBug Dec 2013 OP

Debunk it? This is the dumbest proposal I've ever heard. JaneyVee Dec 2013 #1

Sounds great, even if it does sound like clydefrand Dec 2013 #2

Um…it's NOT great as it shifts the tax burden further on the middle class and the poor. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2013 #3

But worse even than a tax increase, is it would be clydefrand Dec 2013 #4

First of all Proud Public Servant Dec 2013 #5

And how long are the people with children to be taxed? n2doc Dec 2013 #6

This thread should give you what you need .. . HughBeaumont Dec 2013 #7

Don't worry.. sendero Dec 2013 #8

For starters.... Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2013 #9

Most people who favor a flat tax think that the rich are over-taxed. dawg Dec 2013 #10

That's not even a flat tax. JVS Dec 2013 #11

That won't work. PDJane Dec 2013 #12

Benefits from and costs for government service don't accrue per capita. HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #13

That's not a plan. surrealAmerican Dec 2013 #14

You have the incentives backwards. We need to encourage people to have kids. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #15

Regressive taxation is a bad thing Gothmog Dec 2013 #16

That's exactly our debate…..he is saying it isn't regressive LaydeeBug Dec 2013 #18

It is by definition regressive Gothmog Dec 2013 #19

Are you talking income tax, payroll tax, both? MissMillie Dec 2013 #17