A fair tax rate

[Rev. Rye]

Not to mention that, under at the very least, America's tax system, there are some people who make so little (or have so many deductions, which is honestly the biggest reason the tax code can be so complicated) that they don't even make enough to pay taxes. Under a flat tax system, these people would have to pay quite a bit of money, while the obscenely rich, people like Bezos, Buffet, and Gates, who have more assets between them than half of America's population combined, suddenly find themselves needing to pay less. The more I look at a flat tax system, all I see is a massive tax burden on the poorer people, the richer ones paying even fewer taxes, and I can't see how this actually allows for more revenue. And if you argue that this helps starve the beast and forces the government to cut down on spending, I'd point out that, in practice, this doesn't actually happen and that every time it's tried, it leads to us borrowing money from other nations to fund our spending.