Conservatives keep calling for a flat tax. Such a tax would be much simpler to collect and would remove some terrible distortions to the economy. So be it. Give it to them. But if you are a liberal you need not give them the flax tax as currently proposed.
We could have a “flat tax” that is more progressive than our current system! It would not be perfectly flat, but neither are the flat tax proposals coming from the Right. In the posts under this category we shall outline a set of fairly simple proposals which boil down to one or two brackets, plus a minimal set of deductions. By merging several taxes together the net result will be progressive and simpler than many proposals from the Right.
But perhaps the simplicity of what is to follow will appeal to many on the Right despite its progressive nature. It may be time for ideologues of the Left and Right to band together against the special interests who have polluted our tax code…