The problem today is that there is not an after tax existence for many. A sea change in the world economy is rapidly taking place. High tech is the power stroke of America's economy. Unless our depression era sacred cows are scrapped, relatively few Americans are going to enjoy prosperity, and those who do prosper are going to grow in wealth beyond our wildest imagination, while the majority lags behind. The first essential change is to correct that wrong.
Taxes are unethical and immoral.
It is lawless to tax workers out of house and home. No one with less than a no frills existence should pay one penny of tax on their incomes. Were it not for the rest of us they would not be so rich. A flat rate tax is wrong. The rich have a greater social responsibility.