My biggest problem with "Conservatives" is the removal of "poor" people from the income tax roles.
People who aren't paying tax have no incentive to oppose government waste, have no incentive to support tax rate reductions, and have no incentive to boot corrupt politicians out of office.
People should pay taxes on ALL income. Lower rates, maybe, but taxes, YES.
They will say that they are severely taxed on their ss/medicare contribution. They really think that!
Yes, a flat tax system would be the fair way to tax, but you will never see it because of the socialists.