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Old 01-16-2011, 12:37 AM
PiKA2001 PiKA2001 is offline
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Originally Posted by Drolefille View Post
Flat taxes are the most regressive taxes. It's true.
Absolutely not. A FIXED tax is regressive, i.e. Every citizen pays $5,000 in taxes per year regardless of their income as are various consumption taxes such as sin taxes or value-added taxes. An across the board percentage tax is more middle of the road between progressive and regressive.
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