GOOGLE RON PAUL

This is only a somewhat mildly related question, but I admit I'm not very learned in the area of economics, and a flat tax has always seemed like a great idea to me. You just flat up pay a certain portion of your income, and that's it. That goes to the government to be redistributed, and you keep everything else. One tax, period. I know a lot of people think this is a bad idea, but why? Even with the different spending habits of people of different income classes, it seems as though it would work. I mean, sure, maybe it'd get a bit iffy on what you call income, but we'd certainly get around all the sick loopholes, and solve at least a few of the problems with the current tax system. A flat tax may not be without it's problems, but I can't forsee any being so bad as to not want to switch to a system like that.

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