The United States should implement a flat tax, regardless of income.

I was unable to view the youtube video you posted. It was likely blocked by my firewall. I am 30 yr old white male from the US. I didn't upload a profile because I didn't feel it was of much importance. As to your comment of things being unfair, I agree that all the things you listed were in fact unfair. However, they were of a different context. Some of the scenarios you listed, people were born with. Not all rich people are born rich. Some work very hard and build from the ground up. So in my opinion it is unfair to penalize them with a higher tax rate than someone who didn't try, simply because they make more money. The idea that an entrepeneur would lay someone off to save money is not absurb. I've seen it happen in the USA. Entrepeneurs and big businesses alike will make the first cuts in employment when they need to save money, the government is the same way. The US military will cut the amount of troops before cutting the amount of tanks, or planes they operate on a day to day basis. It's called lean! The lean methodology says you can do more with less, as in people. You just have the person you didn't lay off do the job of two people. As for economics, it only makes sense to me, you can't redistribute wealth for several reasons. 1. People with low income are likely less educated, therefore have poor sense in managing money. If you redistribute money to them it becomes wasted, and they remain in poverty. 2. You must llive in the US and experience I assume, but a minority of people with low income have no inspriration to become rich. Therefore, they remain poor and feel entitled to government assistance. They accept thousands of dollars per year from the government, paid for by the tax payers, and pay nothing into the system. If you leave the money in the hands of the wealthy they can redestribute in their own way, may that be hiring workers that have inspiration to become rich, who do not receive government assistance, and are also taxpayers, or putting it in their pocket. The Robin Hood economic system doesn't work. You can't steal from the rich and give it to the poor and expect things to work. As for your comment about Russia having my ideal tax, and in devastation. I'm sure Russia is in devastation for far more reasons other than their tax system, and would not attribute the state of their country based on their tax system. It is my opinion, that anyone that wants a high tax rate for the rich, only does so, so that they don't have to contribute as much, and can receive more entitlements from the government. As in my example earlier, if I make 2.5M per year, I pay 625K per year in taxes at 25%. 625K isn't enough? To someone that makes 50M a year 625K isn't a lot. But, I would beg to say that for someone that makes 2.5M per year, 625K is substantial. And is a substantial amount to anyone making less than the elite. Currently, the tax bracket for someone making 2.5M is 35% or 875K, how greedy are we to feel it's in the best interest of the country as a whole to make that person pay another 250K? Especially when it's going to unneeded programs, or people with a self-entitlement. Seems the governement should do a better job with spending, over trying to charge the rich more. I stand by my opinion of it being fair, simply because, if we're both paying 25% and I make 2.5M and you make 63K I'm paying more in taxes in one year than you will make in almost 10 years. Our medical programs and education programs are corrupt, I know that. They both charge entirely way too much. But I think that's better addressed by government law rather than government handouts.