Progressive Tax is better than a Flat Tax for taxation

Read my arguments clearly before you argue against it. 50% of the people live ON BORDERLINE poverty, 15% of those people live below the poverty line. If you make a penny more then the poverty salary then this government will not consider you living in poverty. 50% of people who dont pay income taxes are very, very poor. Some are in poverty, some arent but pretty damn close, some are just to poor to give any back."The vast majority of new jobs in America are created by small companies".......... Thats what you said at the very end of round 2 and when I used it you claimed it was false....... are you just a liar or dont remember your own arguments?"I am in the 40% tax bracket, so you progressive system is %^&*. In a flat tax I get taxed 9% then my dad can hire more workes which stimulates the economy."1, its not MY system dingus, 2 if your dad is taxed at a lower rate he could very easily put his new profit into a bank account instead of using it to expand his company, there's no guarantee what he, or any of the other rich people, will do with all their new money. I want to urge the Con that we are debating progressive tax vs flat tax, not the U.S. progressive tax vs Herman Cain's retarded 999 planThe main point behind the Pro's argument is thatFlat tax = more jobs = more money = everyone richerA flat tax shifts the tax burden from the rich to the poor, the rich now have far more wealth then before because their INCOME just got a hell of a lot larger. Not the profit of the businesses they own, just their INCOME that they take from corporate profits...... Personal Income/Salary does not equal the profit made from corporations that they ownBill Gates made $900,000 in 2004,Microsoft made $9 billion for THE SECOND QUARTER of 2004 (1 quarter = 3 months)The company itself makes money which is then used only for the corporation, like to pay salaries or expand its businesses, that is NOT what Bill Gates's salary is for. That is his money and he can do whatever he wants with it. Bill Gates luckily has donated much of his annual income to charities but many other filthy rich people hoard their money and do nothing with it even though their companies continue to thrive and use its own profits to increase productivityWith all of their new wealth they DO NOT use it for expanding their businesses, that is what the rest of the money that their companies own is for. If the super rich want to put their own salaries back into their own companies thats a very noble thing to do, but a very RARE thing that happens as well. A flat tax does not guarantee job creation at ALL. Flat taxes dont apply to corporations it applies just to people, the corporate tax code is what is used on businesses but that is not what is being debated here.A Progressive tax places taxes on INCOMES of Americans, those who are in poverty, near it, or are too poor to give back can be exempted from the system unlike in a flat tax. The wealthy then are taxed at a higher rate because they have so much to give and their salaries come from corporate profits which they are removing from the corporation for their own use. A progressive tax is better for the economy then a flat tax because it brings in far more money then a flat tax ever could. If you had a low flat tax at say 9% then this country for example would be making far, far, far, far less money then it does now and that would destroy our economy. If you had a flat tax that brought in as much money as the US progressive tax for example then the rich would pay far less but the middle and lower classes would simply be crushed by the tax burden they face.....So to sumarize,A flat tax does not create jobs,A flat tax would shift the tax burden from the fabulously rich to the desperatly poor, A flat tax would bring in far, far, far less money then a progressive tax would......