Why we need a flat tax.

[Final-Fan]

TheRealMafoo said:

Final-Fan said:

Well, if you think that it's right for us (by way of gov't) to inflict more hardship on the poor than on the rich (by way of taxes) ... I'm not sure what to say to that.  Your position as I understand it so far sounds an awful lot like, "Everyone needs to do their fair share, only the poor guy's fair share is harder than the rich guy's fair share."  I suppose you have a different concept of "fair".  Fair enough. 

Sorry, having more money makes life less hard. I don't think I want to live in a world where that's not true. If it was easy to be poor, why would anyone put forth the effort not to be?

Without the effort, what would the world be like?

Basically, you want the world to be a nice place, and it's not.

I'm not complaining that the poor have it harder than the rich, I'm complaining that you think it's a good idea to make taxes more hard on the poor vs. the rich.  It's like you're saying, "They already have it bad, so why not make it a little worse?"

I also think it's very interesting that you chose to respond only to this part of my post.  I can only presume that means you agree with my first point.  Do you also concur about the implications of your earlier statement, which I laid out in my third point?