[QUOTE="xromad01"]flat tax will not tax lower income. for instance,with forbes plan,the first 46k is not taxed.armey's plan was similar,you get so many thousand in deduction depending on how many kids you have and if you are married.as far as i remember someone single with no kids would not be taxed on his or her first 15-20k.GabuEx
That is not a flat tax; that's just a progressive tax with fewer brackets.
i checked on it just now considering it has been a couple decades.i remembered the 46k but i had forgot it was because i have 3 kids.for someone single it would probably be 20k or so exempt. i agree,but all tax is progressive.even if the % doesn't increase,the dollar goes down and we end up paying more for everything.inflation isn't called tax but that is exactly what it is.i am not sure if make the tax code more simple is that big of a deal,but it seems to be something that alot of people care about.
Flat tax. If you make more money, and invariably put more effort in and try harder at life, why should you be punished for doing so?
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I don't think you really understand what you're suggesting. The best way to understand why a flat tax is a bad idea is through example. Let's say the flat tax is at 30%. One man makes $20,000 a year, another makes $200,000 a year. The man who makes $20,000 loses $6,000 to taxes and is left with $14,000. Meanwhile, the man who makes $200,000 loses $60,000 to taxes and still has $140,000. The poor man is left with hardly anything to live off of while the wealthier man still has quite a decent sum of money left over. Not only would people who make less be suffering but the government is receiving less revenue than if we kept the current progressive tax system. flat tax will not tax lower income. for instance,with forbes plan,the first 46k is not taxed.armey's plan was similar,you get so many thousand in deduction depending on how many kids you have and if you are married.as far as i remember someone single with no kids would not be taxed on his or her first 15-20k.
i was a fan of flat since the mid 90s.especially since i had just become old enough to vote in the early 90s.
as far as i remember the plan being talked about during that time was from the forbes magazine person and it was supposed to be about 17%.
if the plan is actually fairer, i suppose that is subjective.because people who made under 50k or so would pay no fed tax at all.it might have actually been 43k to 48,i can't remember exactly.but it would have also simplified the tax code,that seems to be a big issue.
i would rather just game on pc and every once in a while,console.but if and when people can play games like wow remotely on their cell phone,it is going to be huge. right now the range is very short and the framerate is horrible .i also don't like the controls.xromad01
i would rather just game on pc and every once in a while,console.but if and when people can play games like wow remotely on their cell phone,it is going to be huge. right now the range is very short and the framerate is horrible .i also don't like the controls.
regulation always leads to more regulation.politicians were warning that the internet would be taken after health care,and i think that regulating the isp is just one step in doing that.
[QUOTE="xromad01"]this was talked about at one of the past tokyo game shows.there were more games released for cell phones than the 3 consoles combined that particular year.AdrianWerner
there are years when there are more hentai pc games being released in japan than normal games for the 3 consoles combined funny you should mention that,my wife and i owned an import store for a few years. i would have to say one of the most disturbing games is the shinsetsu shiawase usagi series.
this was talked about at one of the past tokyo game shows.there were more games released for cell phones than the 3 consoles combined that particular year.
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