auditor0007
Gold Member
I don't fear that to much because most people I have ever talked to don't really care what other people pay in taxes whether they are more or less but even at a flat 20% the rich would be paying more since they make more. I hope that makes sense to you but sadly I suspect it won't.
Actually, since we're all worried about the deficit any everything, and everyone else wants programs cut that don't effect them, the fact that "the rich pay more because they make more" is completely irrelevant.
Since you brought up "making sense," let's make a little sense here, shall we.
You said that every American above the age of 18 should pay a tax of $1 a day. For simplicity's sake, let's say "every American" period pays $1 a day in tax. And let's do a little math.
$365 per year X 310,000,000 Americans equals $113,500,000,000.
The defense budget in 2009 was $551,105,000,000.
http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/defbudget/fy2009/fy2009_summary_tables_whole.pdf
So, in your completely realistic world, if we fired every single judge, every single government employee, shut down social security, medicare, and every single social program, did not spend a single dime more on roads, and shut down every other aspect of government, we would still have to gut the military's budget by 80%.
I'm sure that completely "makes sense."
There is always the effect of collecting more than with a percentage because its an easier tax to collect and figure for every person so there is usually more compliance with the tax code because of that. There is also other taxes that we collect that may offset the balance and perhaps we can make it $3 a day or something. I just kind of threw out the number as a figure and I'm quite content with shutting down a lot of the federal government to get a lower tax on the Americans.
I'm OK with cutting the defense budget because I don't see the point of having military bases all over the world especially when they are left overs from old wars that no one cares about anymore.
This I can agree with. There is no reason for the US to have military bases all over the world that we pay for. If other countries want us to keep those bases open, then let them foot the bill, at least a majority percentage. If not, shut them down and let them worry about their own defenses.