“Why should they pay more?”
If they are paying the same percentage, they are not paying more. There is no discouragement to earn more and there is no disparity. When you alternate between percentages and amounts it is usually to make a false point.
Saying if I make a million and I pay x hundred thousand and you only earn 30K and you only pay x thousand is a bullshit argument. 10% is always 10%. You would also eliminate the big shots who can say they earn millions and pay less than you ... something that makes everyone nuts.
If you know your bite is going to be x% you will have no incentive to dodge it ... you will pay x % no matter how much you earn ... revenues would be stable and budgeting would be a simpler matter to attack on the basis of % of expected revenue, allowing us to demand more accountability in budgeting.
Unless you think all of this Tea Party reformation talk is bullshit ... this is the way to go. Pence is right on track for the Tea Party agenda, in my opinion.
“If they are paying the same percentage, they are not paying more.”
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Well of course they are, an actual dollars which is what matters. Your “percentage is what matters” argument is where the total “bullshit” lies.
There is no justification for high earners to be paying more in raw dollars. None.
Your logic reeks of class warfare. It is none of your business or the government’s what I make in calculating my fair share of the governmental tax burden.