@b_cavello I do because I think it is best to keep it a simple as possible. Not only for ease of use but also because it makes it plain to see to the average tax payer how much is being taken. That allows the taxpayer to make more noise when they feel they are being taken advantage of. Ask the average taxpayer what their rate was last year and they will have no idea. It also gets rid of people getting “returns” greater than what they paid in.

@textualdeviance bottom line is I shouldn’t have to pay intuit to do my taxes. Just take 20 or 25% and let’s call it good.

@textualdeviance I feel like you’re arguing just to argue. I ceded to point and and going along with a “progressive tax” even though I don’t like it. I’m just saying have like 4 or five rates and do away with deductions otherwise you can raise the top rate to 90% and you still ain’t getting it because the loopholes are still there.

@textualdeviance @QasimRashid They inherently pay more in that 20% of $50MM is much more than 20% of $50,000. In my comment I am yielding to the current desire to have a “progressive tax.” I am just saying do away with the silly deductions and have four fixed rates that change as your income increases. So HHI < $50K is no tax, HHI 50k to 200k is 20%, 200k-500k is 25% and over $500K is 27%. No games. No loopholes. You just pay your percentage based on your HHI an move on. Easy peasy

@QasimRashid that is actually not true. Perhaps the posted rate were that high but they all played the same games they do no. Virtually none of them paid that much. To fix this we need flat taxes with no deductions. If you have to have your commie “progressive tax” you could set like 4 or 5 tiers of flat rates and we can all just file our taxes on a post card like most of the free world.