rightwinger
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Yes lets tax everyone equally
A flat 15% tax on all income.
Your tax return would be a straight
How much did you make last year?
Pay the Government 15%
No exemptions for anyone. No tax code. No capital gains exemptions, no child exemptions, no mortgage exemptions.......the thousands of pages of exemptions claimed by the wealthy..... GONE
Who wants to sign up for it?? I will
First point? The Founders NEVER wanted to or MEANT for INCOME to be taxed, PERIOD. Does this escape you? That is a CREATURE of the DEMOCRATS.
The founders lived in an agrarian economy. There was no income. People made money off the land and taxes were based on the value of your land.
The founding fathers recognized the needs of the government to collect revenue. Once the Industrial Revolution started land became less of a revenue and personal income was where the revenue was