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0 pointsnocman9y ago0 comments

'Most flat taxes do not land in the "you make more, you pay more" scheme':

I think you are missing the point. If it is truly a flat tax, the number of dollars you are taxed goes up (in a directly proportional way to the number of dollars you make). So you DO pay more the more you make. It isn't even a logically arguable point.

"a flat tax actually gives a very easy way for high income people to have a lower tax rate.":

  -- again that's a completely illogical statement.  If it is truly a flat tax *EVERYONE* has the same rate -- that's the very definition of a flat tax.

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taeric9y ago

The entire first point is on the assumption that you are pushing the flat sales tax that is very common. Is anyone pushing for a flat income tax?

If so, apologies. It is still easier for the wealthy to dodge. But not as easy. (Main way I can think of is that at that level you can often live off the company. I don't think this happens enough to care about. Could be wrong.)

This still doesn't address the cold start problem. If a region needs X dollars and that requires Y rate, how do you ensure that doesn't drown out the poor?

And again, I'm not pushing these problems as show stoppers. Just things that contribute to a complicated solution.

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