[Alex Murphy]

But reality is a lot tougher than some tax models. A flat tax would just be a colossal giveaway to the rich—and maybe even take away for the poor—and that doesn't help the economy much. Just look, for example, at Rick Perry's version of this.

What a crock. It can't be a giveaway if the government never collects it, unless liberals insist on defining wealth as the government's money that just happens to be in your bank account.

[ex-snook]

Correct me if I am mistaken but my understanding is that the Flat Tax is not middle class friendly. So why would any GOP candidate embrace it?

[Little Ray]

That is the way they define it. Tax cuts are listed as “expenditures.”