2006-08-13 08:33:34 · 17 answers · asked by Olivia 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
what...then they would have to pay their share
2006-08-13 08:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Republicans would favor a flat tax...Democrats are against it.
We now have a progressive tax system which taxes the wealthy at a higher rate than the poor. The lowest tax bracket is something like 10-15%. The highest is approx 38%. Republicans would favor a flat tax of 20-25%, that would not discriminate based on the size of your bank account.
What I would rather see would be a national sales tax of 15% on all non-essential purchases. (Not taxing food).
That means that our income is no longer taxed, but our purchases are. So if you make 30,000/year, but do a thing but pay your bills and buy groceries, you don't pay any taxes to the federal government. You would be rewarded for your self sufficiency.
2006-08-13 08:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by asafam23 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You ARE a dumba$$! The real question is why are members of both houses afraid of it. Controlling the money is congresses traditional source of power. This is NOT a partisan issue. I am a republican and I am completely for the National Flat Tax system. Read the book by Neil Bortz and a republican congressman from Georgia whose name I forget, called The Fair Tax.
2006-08-13 08:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by sittin tight 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the opposition to a flat tax goes from those who don't understand it. The rest comes from those who realize the can't engage in social engineering though the tax code under a flat tax.
2006-08-13 09:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's funny when republican Herman Cain has a talk show supporting it here in Atlanta and Neil Boortz writes a book about it. It's mostly a republican idea and I as a republican like the idea I mean after all who is really the party that is big on taxes but the democratic?.
2006-08-13 09:19:35 · answer #5 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Big Shot, the GOP has controlled both houses of Congress and the White House recently. If they wanted it changed, it would be changed. How do you figure the Democrats have been able to stop them the last 6 years? Nobody in Washington is serious about changing the system. Although Clinton and GW BOTH promised to change it. It puts too much money in the hands of the people that are donating to the re-election campaigns.
2006-08-13 08:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by rummy714 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont you mean why are the democrats so scared of the national flat tax system
2006-08-13 12:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Azary1010 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Republican and I favor the flat tax How about you go lie some where else!
2006-08-13 08:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yet again an uneductaed Liberal opens his mouth...Republicans are the one that brought the flat tax to congress and are supporting it. The Democrats hate the idea because then it will get rid of class-envy andt they cant pit the poor against the rich anymore.
2006-08-13 08:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by snare3011 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because of fact decrease than this form of tax the decrease classification might detect a plenty extra beneficial proportion of their earnings going to the government and the decrease taxation enjoyed via many employers would desire to actual be outweighed via the pay will enhance they might ought to enforce so as that their workers might discover the money for to do issues like pay lease and consume.
2016-12-14 05:16:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're a dumba**. Republicans have been advocating for the flat tax for decades. The democrats have opposed it. Do some research. You are an idiot.
2006-08-13 08:42:50 · answer #11 · answered by The Big Shot 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋