failed to back up your contention that a flat tax would ruin this country
Actually I did explain it in plain English, if your not smart enough to underatnd then Im not going to bother to repeat myself over and over.
You should also know that republicans in Arizona tried a flat tax, and despite the fact that Arizona is one of the most conservative states in the country, it angered so many voters, including the majority of conservative voters, that they couldnt drop it fast enough.
In fact one could say the feedback on that little plan just about sounded a political Brown note in Phoenix, Flat-tax proposal dropped for now and I predict in a general election itll be a political Brown note for the campaign of whatever fool tries it.
No, you did not explain it. You spun a scenario based on nothing but your own opinion. Totally fact-free. I guess I don't understand Moron.
Arizona did not try a flat tax. There was a proposal to implement one that was not passed. It is hardly the same thing. Nor is that responsive to the idea of a flat tax working or not working. Every place one has been implemented, it is still in effect and working well.
A flat tax takes money out of the pockets of people who already cant afford the consumer goods they want and need for the sake of giving to a tiny minority of people who wont buy more consumer goods, because they have no need of more and make up such a small percentage of the population that their purchases of consumer goods wouldnt impact the market anyway, in essence the buying power of 150,000 of the richest is outweighed many times over by the buying power of 150 million.
All the new ventures in the world arent going anywhere because theres not enough economic activity to support them.
Not to mention that itll never get passed because all but the most die-hard minority of conservative voter will spit in your face for trying. In other words what flys in a primary wont fly in a general election, and if you try you might as well be throwing said election.
No, fantasy is not argument. A flat tax does not take money out of people's pockets any more than any other tax. Less, actually. For low income earners there is an exemption so they have no money taken out of their pockets.
It isn't about buying power. Forget that.
Flat tax first off yields dividends right away in its simplicity. How much money is spent in this country on tax prep every year? Almost all of that will be saved and available for more productive uses. How much inefficiency comes about because the best way to do something often incurs the most tax? This gets rid of that. Flat tax encourages people earning lots of money to earn even more. Their economic activity spurs other activity. No, it isn't about rich people buying yachts. There is much more there.
As for your contention that it wont pass politically, we'll see. Almost everyone across the spectrum agrees our tax system is woefully outdated and riddled with inefficiency.