Quote Originally Posted by Capt._Ron
Guys don't forget that to be a good liberal you must hate the rich because through their hard work they somehow became evil and obviously forced people to sit one their ass just so they could make more money. Also you must change your system of math because a flat percentage sales tax is obviously not fair the rich must be punished for all that work that they did.
A flat tax wouldn't fund all the wars we keep starting. It's really simple, if you do a sales tax of say, 12% on everyone. People who are now paying 40% income tax will never be able to pay more than 12%. I totally agree that 40% income tax is ridiculous, but the fact still remains that people that are making enough money to be in that bracket are living comfortably. So, yeah, it'd be nice to have a flat tax or lower income tax for the rich, but we'd have to shut down some of the 750 military bases in 135 countries, and I don't see anyone from either party doing that any time soon.