Streamline the tax code with one rate for everyone. Example. Make the first $40,000
or so of everyone’s income tax free. After that all other income is taxed at same percentage whether it is 20% or 25% etc. Eliminate most deductions and loopholes. For those who say the rich should pay more this sees that they do.
Example If your income after the first $40,000 is deducted is $20,000 you pay the flat rate of 25% which is $5000. If your income after the $40,000 is $200,00
you pay 25% which is $50,000. Thus you are making 10 X more than the $20,000 person and thus paying 10 X more in taxes. That is fair.
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If you do a search you will find this is not a "new"policy.
There are over 50+ concerning a Flat Tax,
“Search results for ‘flat tax order:latest’ - Policies for the People”
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Long time supporter of a flat tax system. You had me at FLAT. Best wishes. You have my vote.
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That is true Bob but it does solve many things.
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If you study The Fair Tax, you may find it superior to a flat tax. in many ways. In a nutshell, it eliminates the IRS and Payroll taxes and collects tax at the same rate for all new product purchases above the poverty rate. No tax on business, no tax on used anything, etc. etc. It vastly expands the tax base because everyone pays taxes, even foreign visitors, criminals, and illegal aliens. It has been well thought out for more than a decade and by people who are NOT politicians.
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I am all for a flat tax but 20%-25% is way too high. 10% maximum! We need to lower taxes period! We, the people, are taxed far too much in way too many categories. Income tax was supposed to be temporary for Christ sake! Want free police force? Arm, train and deputize law-abiding citizens in all communities! Want a free Military? Arm, train and deputize law abiding citizens in all communities! Want a free Fire department? Train law-abiding citizens in all communities! This alone will greatly reduce the amount of money needed by the government to accomplish many different goals!
How much Federal tax do you think you pay now? How many of these 100 taxes are Federal? And note, every business tax is passed on to the consumer.
“BalancedPolitics.org: List of 100 Taxes and Fees You Pay”
They are already out there.
I was a volunteer firefighter, EMT, and Reserve Deputy Sheriff for a total of over 20+ years. Here are some statics.
There are approximately 1,206,300 fire department personnel in the US.
- 9.6% are career.
- 5.1% are mostly career. (A few full time with many paid on call or volunteers)
- 15.4% are mostly volunteer. (Paid only if they respond to calls)
- 69.8% are volunteer.
“National Fire Department Registry Quick Facts”
Volunteer EMT/Paramedic numbers are lacking because some volunteer firefighters are also EMTs/Paramedics, and there are EMTs/Paramedics only, but most rural areas have volunteer first responders with paid responders for transport.
There are approximately 58,500 sworn volunteer police and deputies, and approximately 19,000 unsworn volunteer reserve and auxiliary police and deputies; a combined total of 77,500 in the United States. This is a significant number of volunteer police officers, totaling approximately 12% of the 635,781-full-time city and county police officers in the United States (2016)
“https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A83429”
The problem is the desire to volunteer is dwindling fast. Younger people do not have the desire to serve.
while I don’t disagree with you at all, there are 333 million people in the USA as of this writing. 635 thousand is nothing. crime would nearly come to a halt by arming/training ALL American Citizens that have never been accused/convicted of a violent crime. Imagine 100 people in a grocery store and nearly 20 of them are armed and ready to protect and serve. Or just 10. or even just 5. On the scene at the time of the crime. not 5 minutes later or more. witnesses to what actually happened.
You missed the point. We are already doing that. If you want to volunteer, there are several ways to do it now, you just need the desire to look for the opportunities. They are already out there.
And if they had no desire to volunteer, are you proposing you would force them? I believe Israel does that for military service today.
but volunteering changes everything doesn’t it? If I volunteered, wouldn’t it be under some sort of controlled by the city government program? I am specifically talking about citizens walking thru life as normal and yet ready to prevent crime wherever they happen to be at the time. being at the scene at the time of the attempted crime changes everything. responding to a report is always later. and the authorities have to “trust” the report and try and ascertain what is actually going on. I think many times they are wrong. If there are even 2 armed citizens on site at the scene of the attempted crime, many mistakes can be avoided as well as many crimes.
Have you ever tried any of these professions? I have done all three, and until you put on the badge and walk in any of their shoes, you have no idea how hard their jobs really are, and it is nothing like television.
But that’s the great thing about America, we can disagree, and you can still have a belief and go out and work toward realizing your dream. You want a trained and armed militia with no rules protecting people, I say, go for it. Give it a try. It’s worked out so well for many others in the past.
well it worked when we had minute men. who said no rules? of course all laws still apply. but there are citizens that obey the laws. they should all be able to conceal carry or open carry 24/7. it would save the country a lot of money and crime would plummet. as of late it seems “badge wearing servants” only persecute the citizens making the calls to complain. I just have no faith in the way things are and i want change. some laws are stupid like laws that prevent law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves, their families, their communities and their country.
WOW, you have no idea what is going on. Have a nice day.
earlier in this conversation you said that “I missed the point”. well sir, you missed the point. it was about lowering costs for the government in order to lower taxes. I believe things are not working for “justice” the way things are. I want change. so sue me.
Have a nice day.
It is what Canada uses. While there are pluses and minuses…perhaps H.R. 25, as written won’t work here. And I’m not sure that it is fair. At 23% Social Security/Medicare currently consumes 15.3% and needs to go higher. That doesn’t leave much left
I agree with what you said earlier. The Fair tax only relates to federal spending. Here in NY the average school/property tax is probably at least $10k
($200k house). That does not include state income tax, town/county taxes, fire tax, village taxes, sales taxes, etc. The average American probably pays closer to 50% in taxes across the board. Who pays the corporate tax? We the people. The 23% fair tax will never work. Social Security is currently 15.3% and should be higher. Doesn’t leave much left to run a company.
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No way 20%
I think 10% would be enough.
We can clearly see that at our 15% current income tax(here in PA) they get enough extra money to squander through fraudulent accounts!