Why doesn't everyone just pay a flat tax rate?

If you force the rich to pay the same percentage of taxes as poor people, they will find a way to avoid paying out all that money. Sometimes it means actually moving to a country where the rich aren't held to the same standard as the rest of its citizens. This is what happened during the british invasion. Rich musicians left England to avoid paying high taxes. The U.S. offered them tax deductions so they moved.

YOU’RE PAYING ‘MORE’ BUT NOT FOR GOVT SERVICES

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What you are seeking is not a ‘flat tax’.

Flat Tax means everybody pays the same percentage of their income in taxes.

I pay 12% of what I made this year and you pay 12% of what you made this

years as well. That’s a Flat Tax.

You are seeking something that has never happened however.

You want a system that by which ‘rich people have to pay equally for the same

government services that everyone else receives’.

So if a guy who makes $50K/yr pays $10K/yr toward road construction then the

guy who makes $750K/yr should also pay $10K/yr toward road construction.

In theory that would be fair.

Here is the problem.

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Despite the fact that the guy making $750/yr is actually paying a higher dollar

amount toward road construction our nation’s government is still operating at

a deficit. And the main reason for this is not entitlements (welfare, public

housing, etc.) although republicans tell you that this is the reason.

The real reason is all of the dirty money that if funneled toward the rich in

lucrative no-bid contracts awarded by the federal government (for things

such a road construction).

Govt keeps taking it from the rich as taxes and then giving it right back in

the form of inflated contracts.

The money given to the poor is a drop of water compared to the money

funneled toward the rich. In a nutshell, the govt is f_cking you over by

trapping you in its game. It takes it away from you with one hand and

then gives it back to you with the other while its corrupted politicians take

their share in the process.

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You see buddy, the govt isn't f_cking you to give the money to the poor;

it is f_cking you to put the money into its own pockets.

You’re mad at the wrong target.

So, the rich aren’t ‘paying more’ to receive the same govt services.

The rich are paying more to feed corrupted politicians.

I agree we need a flat tax rate 10 % of what you earn withheld from your pay check just like it is now. No deductions what you earn is what you pay tax on. For anyone making over 25,000 a year. that mean if you made 30,000.00 a year you would pay tax on 5,000.00 that amount over 25,000.00 . I pick 10% because it is reasonable and the government should be able to provide its service for that amount. Your tax bill would be 500.00 total for the year. I would also state that no one gets back more than they paid in like they do now. Not only do we have people who pay no taxes we actually have people who get back more than they themselves paid in the system. Do away with that. As for Capital gains should be taxed at no more than 5% and i would almost do away with that all together for the next 5 years to stimulate growth.

What, the rich wants it that way so they can get the big tax write offs, so they don't pay any taxes in the first place.

Because taxes aren't like cheeseburgers.

Imagine a 10% flat tax:

$2,000 tax for a single parent making $20k per year amplifies his or her financial problems and forces them to start eliminating things most people would call necessities.

But, $20,000 tax for an executive earning $200k hardly makes a difference to them.

Basically what he said. Someone making multi-millions could handle a larger tax increase than a single mom with children could.

Because most people believe you should be taxed on what you earn, not on how much you spend.