Why we need a flat tax.

[mrstickball]

Squilliam -

I don't think that, if you had a flat tax system, would destroy social welfare (although it'd be nice if it transferred the focus to private companies & people to provide it). Flat tax, at it's worst, would require the poor to pay taxes, like the current system does. When I was earning $100/wk, I was still getting taxed at 15% of my income. That doesn't change if the government gives out social welfare to it's citizens. That's a mandate from the government, not the taxation system.