(May 18, 2013 at 12:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I think the golden rule is applicable in all circumstances. Unless you are a sociopath, why would you want to treat people worse than you would treat yourself, or have people treated worse than you would be treated?
If I was rich, why would I want to treat poor people worse than I would want to be treated, by requiring them to pay astronomically higher taxes relative to their income when they already bring in just a tiny fraction of what I have?
To say that the flat tax is equal is true only up to a point. If everyone pays the same tax rate, that's equal only if everyone is paid the same amount of money. Since this is obviously not the case, a flat percent tax on goods and services is of virtually no consequence to the rich while being potentially devastating to the poor (who must spend a far larger portion of their far tinier incomes on these things, by necessity). Them as has, gits.
