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In reply to the discussion: How would YOU restructure the federal tax code, if you could? [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)21. The mass accumulation & retention of wealth in the hands of a few creates
a feudal system. All power becomes consolidated and thus wielded by a few not the many. That is undemocratic.
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Flat tax - Everyone should pay, not just the middle class and working poor.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#1
Is your explanation sticking with the federal income tax idea in the OP? Are sales taxes that
ancianita
Jan 2013
#19
Okay. But a flat tax that denies all current corporate and financial sector loopholes such that
ancianita
Jan 2013
#36
Nope. I guess I'm a progressive tax person. But we do already have that. So what everyone's really
ancianita
Jan 2013
#45
I'm not following you. If everyone were taxed at the same rate, that would be worse than people like
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#7
You really believe that if Apple, Google, Microsoft, big oil, pharma, banks, defense, and
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#11
I agree with using the revenue to fund medicare rather than useless military crap
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#9
I haven't problem taxing people at a rate proportionate to the wealth that they control.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#12
I disagree. their having the wealth isn't what is undemocratic. The gov't and tax system we had in p
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#17
The mass accumulation & retention of wealth in the hands of a few creates
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#21
Oh, I see your point, I was thinking more of how they got there. There are 2 problems, one with
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#24
I get what you're saying and you have a really good point but I just can't bring myself to
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#40
I disagree with the funding of medicare, because of where the money is going. Ex: Bush's Part D Medi
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#20
Flat tax is regressive & overly favors the wealthy. It does capture tax on the underground economy
okaawhatever
Jan 2013
#16
The very first thing I'd do is tie the budget to tax revnue, keeping a progressive scale.
1-Old-Man
Jan 2013
#39
Flat tax for ALL people/companies over 1.5X poverty. NO exemptions. NO loopholes.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#53