Taxing the rich.....to give to the poor....

[manu1959]

if we are all equal under the law......should not we all pay the same tax rate?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702146_pf.html

[LiberalNation]

Who knows. The rich have more to give and taxing them more makes the government more money. Tax a poor man 10% and you only get a few bucks, takes a rich man and you get millions.

[nevadamedic]

if we are all equal under the law......should not we all pay the same tax rate?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702146_pf.html

The Robin Hood syndrome.

[Mr. P]

if we are all equal under the law......should not we all pay the same tax rate?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/07/AR2007060702146_pf.html

Yes, IMO we all should pay the same rate, which is why I support the "Fair Tax" 100%, it's the only program that does just that.

[Hobbit]

The Robin Hood syndrome.

Actually, given who Robin Hood stole from, I prefer to think of him as stealing from the government to give to the poor, which is a concept I can really get behind.

[chum43]

I still think we should get rid of the income tax all together and start a national sales tax.

I think the number was like 7 cents to a dollar on all non-food items and we could break even on abolishing the income tax all together... tax non-necessary spending, not earning.. thats the way I see it... the funny thing is our government is so damn greedy and can't seem to stop spending that now their pushing for a national sales tax ALONG with higher income taxes.

[Hobbit]

I still think we should get rid of the income tax all together and start a national sales tax.

I think the number was like 7 cents to a dollar on all non-food items and we could break even on abolishing the income tax all together... tax non-necessary spending, not earning.. thats the way I see it... the funny thing is our government is so damn greedy and can't seem to stop spending that now their pushing for a national sales tax ALONG with higher income taxes.

www.FairTax.org

[avatar4321]

The Robin Hood syndrome.

No its not Robin Hood syndrom. Because Robin Hood robbed from the government to give back to the taxpayers. The rich were the government officials. The poor the citizens who were being robbed by the government.

[nevadamedic]

No its not Robin Hood syndrom. Because Robin Hood robbed from the government to give back to the taxpayers. The rich were the government officials. The poor the citizens who were being robbed by the government.

In a sense it is.

[5stringJeff]

Who knows. The rich have more to give and taxing them more makes the government more money. Tax a poor man 10% and you only get a few bucks, takes a rich man and you get millions.

The argument that 'the rich have more, so they should pay more' is Marxist in nature, and against the concept of people being equal under the law. If you tax 15% of the income of someone who makes $30,000, you get $4,500. If you tax 15% of the income of someone who makes $3,000,000, you get $450,000. You're still getting much more from the richer person, but in an equal proportion.

A flat income tax is the best income tax we could apply. I am more and more becoming a fan of the Fair Tax (i.e. national sales tax), but if one wanted to keep an income tax, it ought to be a flat percentage for everyone.

[LiberalNation]

I kinda agree with you but then the government would make less if they were fair about the whole tax deal thing. They over spend with the money they have, limiting that money would make the problem even worse.

[5stringJeff]

I kinda agree with you but then the government would make less if they were fair about the whole tax deal thing.

That's not always true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve