assuming you mean a flat tax % of income (as opposed to flat % of wealth or a true flat 'everyone pays X' system), i think the opposite on both counts.
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
and b) it discourages Sun reading morons for screaming for increased taxation/public services, since they will be the ones who have to pay for them rather than leeching the money off a wealthy minority..
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let's say i make ~10K per year. very likely my expenses are very close to exactly that. under a graduated system, i don't get taxed much at all, and make ends meet. moving to a flat tax system, my income gets cut down a notch, and suddenly i need some soft, milky government teat to suck on to make ends meet.
and while it's true that the more i suck, the more i have to spend in taxes, it's still okay because being as i am below the average income mark, i'm still getting more than my share back with every % the rate moves up.
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Flat tax is better because a) it doesnt punish people for being successful and generally not dumb, ..
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any system where there is any correlation between income and tax is going to do just that though. if you don't like that, then why not champion a system that doesn't punish the successful?