Poor and middle class Americans often pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than the wealthy, because they can't afford the attorneys to take advantage of the loopholes the wealthy Congressmen have built into the system for themselves. Under my plan it would be almost impossible to cheat, and there would be no loopholes, so everyone would pay his or her fair share. My plan involves a flat tax, but not the type of flat tax Steve Forbes wants. Many economists say the U.S. needs a consumption tax that would reward savings and free us from the tremendous cost and time consumed by filling out forms. A national sales tax would accomplish all that.
Basic fairness is something our tax system has always lacked.
Whether you like it or not, you need to know that these gentlemen would totally approve of our current tax system. The worst thing about it is that it is so unfair to the poor. They are discouraged from learning more to earn more, because the more they earn, the more the government takes. A sales tax would encourage people to save, because they only get taxed when they spend. Everyone pays the same percentage.