RE: The only critique I would have of your plan is that the same people that would oppose a Flat Tax would oppose your tax plan just as strongly.
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My question is WHY SHOULD THEY BE OPPOSED TO IT? No one is forcing them to file the flat way, they can CHOOSE to file the way they’ve always been familiar with. We’re just giving others the choice of filing an alternative way.
I don’t consider it a halfway measure, I call it an evolution... or a practical way to gauge OVERLL TAXPAYER SENTIMENT. It will be practically like a referendum regarding the popularity of the flat tax.
I am quite confident that as people discover the advantage of the flat way of filing, the traditional way ( with its ever increasing lines of tax code, now numbering close to 40,000 pages ) will eventually “whither in the vine” ( to borrow Newt’s phrase ).
For two reasons.
1. 51% of the population don't pay any taxes at all, and liberals will use that to keep class warfare alive.
2. Even a liberal understands that given an option the overwhelming majority would prefer the flat tax which is why they would oppose the option of choice (at least in terms of taxation). They don't want a referendum. They want to keep the "progressive" taxation scam alive and well.