- People falsely assume that we are overtaxed
- Currently the US is ranked 62nd in the world in taxation to GDP ( including local, state, and federal taxes)
- Our system is overly complicated and taxes us from too many sources
- Our system threatens to tear our country apart
- The rich feel that the poor do not pay taxes
- Rich pay more in federal taxes but have many deductions and tax breaks not available to lower-income citizens
- Poor and middle class citizens pay more as a percentage of income than the rich in Social Security, Medicare, sales tax, etc.
- Poor also pay property, gasoline taxes, vehicle registration, toll roads, etc.
- Institute a flat tax
- Eliminates the current tax structure, social security taxes, medicare taxes, sales taxes, deductions, etc
- Opponents of a flat tax say that it favors the rich but with all the taxes the poor pay it benefits them as well
- Simplifies the overly complicated system we have currently
- Opens up the ability for commerce to move without layers of taxation
- Eases the animosity between high and low-income earners
- Gets our country moving in the right direction, Forward.
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