[zeugma]

Everyone pays 17% (Friedman’s number) of gross income.

The rate should not be more than 10%. Even God only asks for 10%.

Also, the rate itself should be written directly in the Amendment itself, so that it would take another Constitutional Amendment to change it.

[econjack]

Like I said, it’s what Friedman suggested. His reason was that it would sustain current expenditures. Your reason is not an economic argument.