Re: Flat tax proposal

From: tonyp (tonyp_at_world.std.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 12:19:51 -0400

"Socialism is a Mental Disease" <root@localhost.> wrote

> "tonyp" <tonyp@world.std.com>
> >My suggestion:
> >tax = 57% of ( income - $130K ).
> >
>
> Let me guess: you make less than 130K. And, for some reason, you feel
> the need to punish those that are more successful than you. Good old
> envy at work here, huh?

Some years more, some years less, but so what? Is the above formula a flat tax?
If not, why not?

-- Tony P.

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