"the issue of the flat tax (which is what this is in sheep's clothing), it that it is retrogressive, it hits the poor far more than any other group".
Kind of like the social security tax, medicare tax, and sin taxes. Hey, what about the progressive income tax that actually misses all of those uber elites raking in the capital gains and income from other low tax sources? "Why should they pay for the rich or upper class indulgences? " They shouldn't, but unfortunately they already are. J - That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. - Henry David Thoreau ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm