Fail.Originally posted by *33*:
I think you are confused as usualOriginally posted by What Would Jesus Do?:
If the budget is $3.8 trillion, then everyone owes about $12,000 in federal taxes. That's per man, woman and child. So a family of 4 would owe $48,000.Originally posted by timinatoria:
Holy hell where do I sign up? I absolutely will pay less. What flat % are we talking about? I want to make sure we're all speaking the same languageOriginally posted by naturalmwa:
Well of course, we post on HROT after all. About time the rabble pay their share. I'm just constantly amazed at the number of the rabble who think they will pay less under this system.Originally posted by 22*43*51:
Works for me.Originally posted by naturalmwa:
Are we in agreement that if we went this path, 99% of people would pay more to give a tax break to the top 1%?Originally posted by 22*43*51:
I agree with Joel.
We need a flat tax.
What should happen to those who make under $12K per family member?
And don't forget the state taxes and such.
Like many, you aren't even slightly concerned with paying the bills. Only with who pays what.
What could be more flat or more fair than everyone paying his or her per capita share of the bill?
If you think it makes sense to deviate from that, then you had better have some pretty convincing reason why your preferred deviation makes more sense than someone else's preferred deviation.