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[Michael Schiller]

Eric Dittman wrote:
> 
> I don't see penalizing people just because they make more money.
> I favor a flat tax across the board.  Make the flat tax 10%, so
> if you make $10,000, you pay $1,000.  If you make $100,000, you
> pay $10,000.  If you make $10,000,000,000, you pay $1,000,000,000.
> 
> No deductions for anything, but I'd also get rid of bad taxes
> like the estate tax.

I agree, but I think there should be a minimum, after which you don't
need to pay taxes. I don't recall what the supposed 'poverty level' is,
but using your example, I think if somebody only makes $10k per year,
the government doesn't need their $1000

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-Mike
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