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Old 01-19-2014, 11:01 AM  
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho View Post
I've always found progressive taxation utterly stupid. I can imagine giving a tax break to someone who's just about making the ends meet or someone who just started business, but to tax more those who make more?

I'd be very curious what the government revenues from direct taxation would be with a flat tax rate scenario.
Not just a flat tax. But a flat tax combined with some sort of national sales/consumption tax to generate income from those that are working off the books. Down here in Florida I run into more self employed people working for cash than not.

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