“You want fair? Everybody pays ONE rate. You want my taxes to go up, that’s fine, yours too. You can bet a lot of that 47% will care a lot more about spending cuts then!”Just as long as that one rate is applied equally to payroll, investment, and capital gains taxes alike. You’ll also need to eliminate tax shelters and close the loop holes the rich use to get out of paying their fair share.
“You want fair? Everybody pays ONE rate. You want my taxes to go up, that’s fine, yours too. You can bet a lot of that 47% will care a lot more about spending cuts then!”Just as long as that one rate is applied equally to payroll, investment, and capital gains taxes alike. You’ll also need to eliminate tax shelters and close the loop holes the rich use to get out of paying their fair share.