How is America going to afford a "flatter" tax system?

By 'flatter' do you mean that everyone pays the same percentage of their earnings? To achieve that, you'd have to RAISE taxes for the rich, or cut them for the middle class. Don't you remember when Mitt came out and admitted he paid a much lower tax rate than his own secretary?

'Flat tax' is one of those things that there's a word for but that doesn't exist in the real world. Like unicorn, or honest politician. For a long time every candidate for president had a 'flat tax' plan, both Democrats and Republicans. Some presidential candidates ran their whole campaigns based on the flat tax (Steve Forbes). But it was an empty promise, since they all knew the complexity of our tax code hides hundreds or thousands of special favors for individual industries, individual companies, even individual individuals.

Ronald Reagan's tax 'reform' was supposed to be a flat tax, to reduce the complexity of the tax code incredibly. It ended up making the tax code half again as big, and shifting the burden of taxation off the rich and onto the Middle Class.

Romney is making the same promises Republicans have made for 30 years now. He's promising that he can bring the budget into balance by spending MORE and taxing LESS. Reagan promised that, both Bushes promised it, but none of them even tried to do it because they knew it was impossible. Somehow this understanding never filtered down Republican voters.

If he wins (which he won't) Mitt would follow the same route as Republican presidents since Reagan. Spend money like it was going out of style, as if debt simply didn't matter. Stimulate the economy at the cost of massive new debt, just as Reagan and the Bushes did. And take credit for stimulating the economy, blaming the recession on Obama. Maybe get us stuck in another needless, useless quagmire war in Iran, and keep it off the budget so he doesn't have to admit that it costs money. He's give us absolutely no clue that he'd do anything different than Bush. Neither did McCain, and that's one reason he lost so badly.

The Fair Tax is the only answer. It eliminates the tax for anyone at the poverty level and below. With our current system, Obama's system, Romney's system, the taxes will trickle down to the consumer, which includes the poor. .

Flat taxes raise more revenue because part of the idea of a flat tax is to eliminate tax loopholes and exemptions. The reason that just raising tax rates doesn't work very well is that it just gives more incentive to shelter their money in tax loopholes. Just eliminating the tax loopholes doesn't work very well because it's a huge tax increase and generates a lot of political opposition. A flat tax is a good quid pro quo and accomplishes both--more money is taxed but at a lower rate.

Romney has already endorsed the Ryan Budget which cuts taxes on the rich another 10%

he also promised no new taxes and a new war with Iran

so the math ,of course, doesnt add up

If I keep in mind properly the Europeans did not start up united statesa.. i'm rather effective my ancestors have been already right here while the " Euro-beginnings" began. this question blew my recommendations. in my opinion i think of slender mindedness is what's collapsing our academic gadget and society.

by cutting social security and medicare and making the people who can least afford to pay a flat tax at the same rate as the rich.

yes it will be a much better country.

Obama 2012

The first saving will be your welfare check

Spend less.

If this confuses you, you're not qualified to vote.