Originally Posted by Guest

Wrong. You stated that the poor should pay their fair share of taxes. This was not me!!!

Whether they could afford it or not.

This was stated in conjunction with your previous statements that a flat tax is fair, and a progressive tax is not. This was not me either!

Therefore, one can only assume that you believe that the poor should pay the same tax as everyone else. Wrong assumption, again.

Even if it means that they can't afford housing. 15% is the most commonly used hypothetical flat tax. Please feel free to substitute any percentage. The flaw in your argument remains the same.

My only argument has been that a flat tax is more onerous on the middle class, and devastating to the budgets of the poor, then a progressive tax is confiscatory to the relatively wealthy.

I'm all in favor of broadening the tax base and, if feasible, lowering tax rates, without pushing people further into poverty. That can be done with a progressive tax plan, not with a flat tax.

With that, I am done.