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In reply to the discussion: Easy cure for the Social Security issue..This is a no brainer. [View all]infinite_wisdom
(73 posts)If you are advocating for a flat tax, I would have to say thats a bad idea. It would make our tax system much more regressive. If you take an honest look at income and wealth distribution in the US and think a regressive tax structure is the answer then I would have to say that you are outside your mind. Our current situation - which is not good at all - would be made exponentially worse.
Also, wouldnt be long before lobbyists succeeded in getting exemptions for the 1 percenters to make it even worse on top of the catastrophe that had already been created.
We are probably heading for a more progressive tax system and UBI, that is if we are at all sane. If we go flat tax under the same old trickle down rationale this ship will be at the bottom of the Ocean in no time.