Progressive Tax is better than a Flat Tax for taxation

I apologize to the Con for making him look like an idiot, I quoted him for saying "The vast majority of new jobs in America are created by small companies."So in the next round I used that same quote to reinforce my own arguments by saying,"All the jobs that have been created have come from small companies "You then said that was "fase" which I think is poor grammar for "false"If I am indeed "fase" then you would also be "fase" because we used the same argument..... if its true that businesses create most of the jobs jobs (which it is) then you accusing me of being "fase" makes you look like your contradicting yourself since I'm using the same facts as you and your calling them false.... By the way I never actually called you a liar I was asking a rhetorical question if you make up your own facts or didnt remember that your calling my facts false even though you used the same ones....Small businesses create most of the jobs http://archive.sba.gov...http://www.baltimoresun.com...http://www.huffingtonpost.com...50% of Americans dont pay income taxes because they are poorhttp://articles.businessinsider.com...http://jonathanturley.org...http://finance.yahoo.com...http://dmarron.com..."My dad doesn't own a company...... his office is a small business" So your dad does own a business.... Seeing as how hes a doctor (not an economist) promising to his son he'll do the right thing (when really he just wants more money), I dont really see how we could take his word for why a flat tax is justifiable....By the way a dingus is an insult and I find it hilarious you actually tried to look it up instead of looking up facts to reinforce your own arguments. the 999 plan is a bad idea because it would cut the income the government makes in taxes in half and that would destroy the economy because we wouldnt be able to fund social security, medicare, medicaid, small business loans, student loans, etc. the 999 plan would drive our economy into the ground because it we would lose half our income as a nation. A flat tax shifts the tax burden onto the poor, it is not shared by everyone.lets consider the salaries of 2 men, one makes 10,000 a year the other makes 10,000,000 a year$10,000 x 20% = $2000. $10,000 - $2000 = $8,000 left for all expenses$10,000,000 x 20% = $2,000,000. $10,000,000 - $2,000,000 = $8,000,000 left for all expensesWho do you think has the larger tax burden, the poor person left with less than $10K or the rich person who still has $8 MILLION left?In a progressive system though lets consider the same two people$10,000 x 0% = $10,000 $10,000 = $10,000 left for expenses$10,000,000 x 40% = $4,000,000 $10 Mil - $4 Mil = $6,000,000 left for expensesSo if you look at the totals, the rich person is very well off in both systems, but the poor person is crushed by the flat tax because he already has a terribly low income to begin with and now in a flat tax system now has EVEN LESSRich people dont spend money on their businesses,http://crooksandliars.com...http://www.bloomberg.com...http://www.dailyfinance.com...http://blogs.wsj.com...A flat tax would not create jobs,http://conceptualmath.org...http://www.nashuatelegraph.com...http://www.concordmonitor.com...Heres the best source of all,".. nothing garentees jobs" - My opponent......"Well duh a flat tax brings in less money, but that is good. That will hlp lmit federal spending, wehich is acctually good for the sctock market because then there is less doubt."Now for those of you who speak normal English, the Con is arguing that the flat tax will bring in less money and that is a GOOD thing because it will help "lmit" federal spending and that will somehow help the "sctock market" because there is less "doubt" which i guessing was supposed to say "debt"Thank you for admitting that a flat tax would bring in less money, i believe that reinforces my point about how a flat tax is worse. Your idea that this would limit federal spending is a complete hoax because social security and medicare are ENTITLEMENT programs that have to be paid, take those programs and combine them with other necessary expenses, such as education, transportation, infrastructure, defense, etc. a flat tax would force the government to borrow more to pay for the same programs we already have..... A flat tax would do great harm to the country and you cant just assume that the government could cut expenses to fix this. Look at what happened over this year alone over the debt ceiling, both parties got locked in a battle that lasted for months that ended up with unimpressive results and a downgrade to our credit rating.... How could you possibly believe that a flat tax would all of a sudden just magically cause the government to ridiculously reduce spending?In Conclusion:A flat tax would shift the tax burden from the rich to the lower and middle class,A flat tax places an unfair tax burden on the poor compared to a progressive tax system,A flat tax does not create jobs,A flat tax brings in considerably less money then a progressive tax system does,The rich do not spend money on their businesses so a flat tax that benefits the rich will not help businesses in any way,A progressive tax brings in far more money then a 9% flat tax system ever could,A progressive tax can better fund the programs that the government has created than a 9% flat tax ever could, A progressive tax taxes those who can give money and not those who have nothing to give,A progressive tax taxes the rich who can give more money that is currently being hoarded or not being spent.