[OneWingedShark]

So far as the individual’s income, let’s get rid of the income tax, repeal the 16th, and go to straight sales tax. Then deductions won’t matter.

Heck, I'd be fine with a flat-rate income-tax — no deductions, no credits, no exemptions, no exceptions,

[xzins]

A flat rate will still always raise the specter of government forcing religion to give out of the offering plate.