Why we need a flat tax.

[Kasz216]

ManusJustus said:

Kasz216 said:

Yeah... that's what percentages are for.

Taxing people an exact percentage of what they've worked.  For every 10 hours you work.  We tax you 2 hours etc.

It is fair.

When you tax on what you can afford you ignore the work spent to make that money and the value of what the people who work provide the country. 

That is why it is a flat percentage.  Rather then one way focusing only on total paid (everyone pays 2,000) or the other (Everyone pays based soley on income.)

You have a weird idea that people's income has anything to do with how many hours you work.  Some people work 60 hours a week for $50,000 a year, and some people work a few hours a day and make hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Answer this.  Is it fair for everyone to pay the same tax, where poor people pay $2,000 tax and rich people pay 2,000 tax?

With a % tax you are being taxed a % of the hours you work.

Is a everyone pays $2000 system fair?

I guess.  Wouldn't work with how much money the government currently spends though.

 

Now you answer this.  Is it fair for everyone to pay $399 for a PS3.

Or should consumer goods prices be raised and lowered based on your income?

 

Taxes really aren't any different from Cable or any other good or service.

 

What would we think of Sony if they charged some people more for a product and some people less?