Quote:My brother the house painter gave me a long harangue in support of a flat tax and how it would "broaden the tax base." I told him that means I would pay less in taxes while he would pay more. He didn't know what to say about that.

 

People never seem to get it. Behind every action there is a motivation. You can't assign motivation to inaction, but every action has one.

 

Super wealthy people aren't behind the idea of changing the tax code in bizarre ways because it would make them pay more in taxes. If that's what they wanted they could just be lobbying to close all the loopholes like Warren Buffett does.

 

All that 47% and flattening stuff is code for making poor people pay even more of their meager earnings so that wealthier people can pay less.

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