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*How would this make life more difficult for the middle class? A portion of the article (a detractor) seems to indicate that.
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How would this make life more difficult for the middle class?
It wouldn't, unless the flat rate were higher than they currently pay. Whether or not that's the case depends on the current arrangement of the country in question. In the US it probably wouldn't adversely affect the middle class, but it would hit the poor who currently don't pay income tax at all. That's easy enough to fix (just put a cap on taxable income, anything below it is untaxed) there are many factors to consider.
It all comes down to what is the difference in government revenue between the two systems and what are they willing to do to adapt.
Lower tax rates don't automatically mean lower tax revenue either, it's a balance of what individuals pay and how many pay it.
Support or oppose a flat tax, the devil is in the details.
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