[WileyC]

The fact that it's "progressive", is enough to make me skeptical already.

That's just a self-defense word against liberals. The trick is that everyone would be treated identically, and fairly, so the standard deduction would mathematically mean that people who spend less have a greater portion of the their taxes rebated.

[edchambers]

Well I'm for it but I think the IRS and the huge tax prep accounting firms that have become a year round industry would have something to say about it.And the current tax welfare state recipients getting more out than they put in through earned income credits and child deductions will not be happy.I can already hear the liberals screaming tax cuts for the rich payed for by the poor.