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Old 04-05-2009, 06:32 PM   #360
TGRR
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Ah, but you forget the basic notion (almost considered a given with most flat-tax proponents) that there could be a floor underneath which there would be no tax. Say, the first $25,000.
Okay, then to gain sufficient revenue, you'd have to have your tax rate so high that you'd clobber the middle class.

Which is, of course, the whole point. The funniest thing is that the rich have sold this to the middle class (or at least their kids away at college).
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