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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: SteveJerseyShore who wrote (33)6/16/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Bob Lao-Tse  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Well, I'm sorry Steve, it's a great sentiment, but I want you to listen carefully:

We will never get a flat tax rate.

Sorry.

See, the problem is that the people who actually benefit the most from our current "progressive" tax structure are those who can afford the best accountants. The people who stand to lose the most with a flat tax rate are those same people -- the people who have already bought and paid for the government.

With the subtle urging of the rich, the bleeding hearts are going to (as they already do whenever the subject comes up) ignore the real statistics that show that for most of the wealthiest people in this country, a 17% tax rate is considerably higher than what they're actually paying right now. They'll just start screaming about "another Republican tax cut for the rich" until the idea dies. And the middle class will continue to pay the lion's share of everything. Including corporate welfare, but that's another subject.

I agree that our nation would best be served by a flat tax. I just don't think there's a chance that we'll actually get one.

Besides, the IRS is not about to give up its power. Getting the IRS to simplify the tax code would probably be about like getting Microsoft to simplify Windows.
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