alan1
Gold Member
I agree. A flat tax for anyone above the poverty line works for me.
I'm not even sure I would take the poverty line into account.
Just a simple tax code.
Multiply how much you made by X% and send that in. No deductions.
That's a line in the sand for me. I wouldn't support any tax code that raises taxes on the working poor.
I don't think anyone who's impoverished can afford it, these are people who are working but most likely also receiving assistance from the state. Allowing them to keep what little money they do make, can help them get on their feet and off government assistance.
I had my first job at age 13. I was probably making about $6,000 a year which was less than the poverty rate, but I wasn't supporting anybody. Fair enough for me to pay taxes on that $6k, wasn't it?
Tax all income at the exact same rate and there is incentive for the working poor to earn more money. As Benjamin Franklin said, " I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." Many of today's government welfare programs make it easy to be in poverty, with little or no effort to lead or drive people out of poverty.