"Curly Surmudgeon" wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:53:23 -0700, wf3h wrote:

On Sep 13, 7:46 pm, Fred J. McCall wrote: the poor?"
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And the answer is "they shouldn't". Income tax should essentially be
like a tithe; everyone pays the same percentage (and you only tax the
income ONCE).

nope. won't work. the middle class has certain basic expenses that
consume
a far larger portion of their income versus the extremely wealthy. a flat
tax would decrease the viability of the middle class

Fair is the only system that does work.


define fair.