Step One: A flat tax RATE system.
Step Two: A per capita flat tax AMOUNT system.
Why do “the rich” owe any more in pure dollars to support the government?
“Why do ‘the rich’ owe any more in pure dollars to support the government?”
They are squeezed more because they can be. More people vote who aren’t rich than are. Every argument about their fair share, no matter how gilded with big moral words, is pure rationalization.
There’s more money in the middle class, but at some point they’ll snap back at the polls. Which is why Obama, et. al. are always talking about “tax cuts for the middle class,” etc.
Why do “the rich” owe any more in pure dollars to support the government?
Many of the rich are milking the government in one way or another. I agree with the flat amount system if the amount is zero.