For the liberals who say rich don't pay enough taxes...

[John Galt]

[John Galt]

[PoS]

Taxes should be voluntary. If the librulz want to pay more taxes let them but dont force everybody else to do so.

[uebermann]

I vote for flat tax. The system as it is now is complete crap. Its open to abuse and many companies take advantage of that to end up paying next to nothing.

So do lots of rich people.

Me? I got screwed pretty hard because I'm a business owner. Didn't matter how much our company made or how much I made, I still had to pay $7500 on top of my taxes for being "self employed."

I may not have paid as much as Romney, but the percentage of what I paid was much, much, much higher than his.

[Hyperion]

Another simple but naive solution proposed to combat the perceived evils of progressivism and socialism.

Assuming a 10% rate is implemented, for the sake of argument, college students making $15,000 a year will hand over $150 (in addition to Social Security, state taxes, local taxes, etc.) while a millionaire forks over $100,000. Who will forego the more essential services and thus be more dependent on government services?

The tax code is overly complicated, but not because of the tax brackets. Exemptions and deductions could still exist under a flat tax system. This is a clarified example of throwing the baby out.

[Hyperion]

[PoS]

[Hyperion]

Taxes require force.
Exclusive property ownership requires force.

Line of connection, drawn. Stop over at your own convenience, sir.

[John Galt]

[PoS]

When you buy property its voluntary. No force there. When government makes you pay taxes then its force. Simple as that.