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Best tax system?

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There are a lot of tax plans that have been in debate over the decades. The most popular are: progressive tax, taxing the rich very heavily and having very few taxes for the poor; flat tax, everyone is taxed an equal amount; or regressive tax, the poor are taxed more than the rich. Personally I believe in a flat tax; what do you guys think?
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    I support a...

    11 votes
    1. progressive tax
      36.36%
    2. flat tax
      54.55%
    3. regressive tax
        9.09%



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  • ale5ale5 263 Pts   -  
    Progressive tax is fair in my view
    EmeryPearson
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  • inc4tinc4t 186 Pts   -  
    Flat tax makes sense to me.  No need to punish high earners for being successful - that is a socialist notion
    EmeryPearson
  • natbaronsnatbarons 133 Pts   -  
    I agree with flat tax, due to a more capitalistic view. 
    EmeryPearson
  • thereptherep 61 Pts   -  
    I don't agree with flat tax, but like progressive more. It is a much more fair tax system which does not benefit the upperclass as much.
    EmeryPearson
  • MayCaesarMayCaesar 5971 Pts   -  
    I like Bill Gates' idea on flat taxing consumption and nothing else. Ideally, I would like to see no taxes whatsoever and all property managed by private companies instead - but I doubt such a system would appear anywhere until, at least, a few decades later. As of now, the "no tax" system only exists in several countries such as UAE, where the government can maintain itself off the nationalized oil industries and does not need any contribution from its citizens.

    Progressive tax is incredibly unfair and harmful for the economy. Regressive tax could work, but would result in a high societal instability.
    Polaris95
  • AlecAlec 71 Pts   -  
    My favorite tax system was none of the options.  My ideal tax system would be entirely based off of sin taxes.  It makes more sense to punish someone by a tax for doing something bad then to punish someone by a tax for doing something good.
  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  
    Alec said:
    My favorite tax system was none of the options.  My ideal tax system would be entirely based off of sin taxes.  It makes more sense to punish someone by a tax for doing something bad then to punish someone by a tax for doing something good.

    Who decides what sins qualify for punishment?
  • AlecAlec 71 Pts   -  
    CYDdharta said, 

    "Who decides what sins qualify for punishment?"

    Congress, the House of Representatives, and the Executive Branch can decide what sins are worthy of taxation.
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