| flagship said: If the American government disappeared tomorrow who stands to lose more ,the man making minimum wage or the man taking home a million dollars? Flat taxes aren't fair because the need for government services is disproportionate, someone making millions a year has far more need for the military, police and education system to safeguard their fortunes and ability to make more money by protecting our country, foreign interests, travel systems, banks, stock system and to train their next group of employees. |
Even if you're correct (which I doubt you are) one would assume that the dependence on services would be proportional to income, and a person earning $20,000 would use $4,000 in services while a person earning $100,000 would use $20,000 and a flat tax would adequately serve that.
Why I think you're wrong is that crime disproportionately impacts poor people, wealth transfers are the majority of government budgets today, and the cost of educating or providing medical care for a poor person is basically the same as the cost of educating or providing medical care for a wealthy person.
