Originally Posted By: Salmo g.

For all the popularity of a flat tax, I guess I'm still a bit of a bleeding heart liberal. My income is certainly up from when I was younger and raising a family and I'm willing to take the hit of the graduated income tax to lessen the tax burden on the poor. I've been poor. It ain't fun.


Salmo... You really should read 5 minutes worth on Huckabee's "Fair Tax" stuff. It's the best balance I've seen: www.fairtax.org Even your bleeding heart may agree.
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