Flat Tax?

[Steve Bruns]

What puzzles me is that most people I come in contact with think a flat tax will
greatly simplify their form 1040.  It looks like the complexity is in determining
what is exactly income, not the arithmetic in figuring the tax after making that
determination.  Besides, isn't the primary purpose of the tax code to direct
economic activity rather than raise revenue?  That ain't a rhetorical question.

Steve Bruns

Doug Henwood wrote:


> Daniel wrote:
>
> >That's pretty much what I used to think. But then I started hearing Jerry
> >Brown talking about a flat tax, and I began to see that there are many ways
> >of writing a flat tax. Just as there could be many ways of writing a VAT,
> >and when I set my own mind to it, I had all kinds of fun deciding what sort
> >of percentages to apply to minks and mercedes.
>
>
> Oh heavens no. The last thing an "expert" needs is for people to shut their
> mouths.
>
> Doug