Flat tax rate system should be enforced now.

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numonex said:

Flat tax rate system should be enforced now. 20% tax rate on every dollar you earn. Fair simple tax system.

Government only provides Police services and military services. Both health and Education are fully privatised and run by free market system. Charity replaces social security system. Aged pensions are self funded, not from government. Water and utilities are provided by private enterprises, no government monopolies. 

No discrimination on socio-economic background. More jobs would be created and everyone would be better off. 

The 20% flat tax rate applies to all  individuals and all companies. A flat tax rate system applying to companies and individuals would be fair and reasonable. Conservative Libertarians would be over the moon with the implementation of a flat tax rate system. 

How about a flat tax rate system? 

That would be awesome!!  Have you read anything from Milton Friedman?  I am completely for a flat rate tax.  Did you know that progressive tax comes straight from karl marx.  The only other option I would be for would be eliminating the income tax and moving to consumption tax.

Milton Friedman is pretty good.  Have you heard of the Free State Project?  In New Hampshire we have an individual income tax of zero and a general sales tax of zero but we still have a bunch of smaller taxes and there are corporate taxes.  We are working to make it the state with the lowest taxes but it's hard to get the taxes lower than Alaska (which gets massive federal handouts and has tons of oil money).  Maybe in 4 years NH can finally be the place with the lowest taxes in the US.  I'll keep working at it.  At the very least, taxes should go down this year and maybe again next year.

Live Free or Die!

Oil mining stooges from Alaska and Texas keep on pushing their Libertarian views/opinions. Libertarians believe in low or no taxes and little or no government and no welfare system. Libertarians want to erase the 20th century from the record books.

Progressive tax rates are there for a reason to help provide all citizens with a chance of working their way up. In an egalitarian world people work their way and earn their position based on merit. Education and health should be available for all citizens not just the wealthiest members of society. 

Friedman/Hayek economic views are radical Libertarian in nature and just like every other economic theory they are extremely flawed. 

"Libertarians want to erase the 20th century from the record books."  I've never heard that before.  I've never met a libertarian that wanted to do that.  I'm glad that women can vote and blacks have equal rights.  These are the type of things I'm still working for.  I'd like pot smokers, immigrants, 18 year olds and so on to have equal rights but most people are very much against giving such groups equal rights in the US.  The will be a day when an 18 year old can go to the gas station and buy wine in the US and I'm working to help ensure that happens.

I'm not a fan of progressive taxes at all.  Some of the taxes in New Hampshire are progressive and that is not good IMO but most of the taxes aren't and I've very happy about that.  Hopefully some of the progressive taxes in NH can be removed over the coming years.  It's already the safest state, one of the healthiest and the best state to have a family in the US but that isn't enough.  The lower the taxes are in NH, the better it will be compared to the rest of the US, IMO.  We shall see if that continues to be true.

NH has lowest crime, http://www.correctionsone.com/corrections/articles/2042280-Study-NH-has-lowest-crime-rates-Nev-has-highest/

NH the most livable, http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/news/2008/032508livable.html

NH the best state to own a car, http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/06/most-expensive-places-to-own-a-car-business-autos-car-costs.html

As for Friedman/Hayek,  I think you are using a very board brush if you are saying that Friedman is a radical.  He wasn't a radical and his ideas are very different from Hayek.  Friedman talked about mixed markets and how the government was often able to do lots of good.  For example, the federal income tax witholding was Friedman's idea.