PoliCHARTZ - Thread of U.S. Politics & the Presidential Election

[Kasz216]

Final-Fan said:

Progressive taxes are pretty simple too. It's not the base form that's responsible for the state the tax code is in today, and I think that all the people (not you) who think that [insert hobby horse here] will never get byzantine the way the current system did are fooling themselves.

I'm all in favor of tearing down the absurd level of intricacy in our current tax code and building something simple out of the rubble.  But I'm less optimistic that it will stay that way.  CONSTANT VIGILANCE!

[edit:  and isn't your idea in fact a two-tier progressive tax?]

Not really.  It's more just a flat tax with food, and shelter provided. (More or less)

If your willing to leave those things up to the federal government.

I'm pretty sure nobody who makes around 9K a year pays taxes anyway do they?