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[–]DJWhamoPaleo 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

"And look at all those deodorants! LOOK AT THEM!"

[–]Ovedya2011 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

And look at all that nail polish! LOOK AT IT! (Follow-up from a previous post)

[–]Gandolf1996 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

You need to look up the definition of "Extremist".

[–]Sirisian 8ポイント9ポイント  (3子コメント)

Neither idea is "extreme". A flat tax is just generally naive and banks on the idea that it's easier to explain to the average person. A 90% tax bracket only takes effect on income over a certain amount. It's not like it touches capital gains either. The extremist idea you're looking for is the "abolish the IRS" crowd.

That said I am still very suspicious of people who propose flat taxes. They often have ulterior motives hiding behind their "simplify" the system mentality. Indeed if the goal is to simplify then we should be using a continuous tax function and allowing the IRS to do our taxes for us. Explaining that to people though is apparently too complex.

[–]student_of_yoshi 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

A 90% tax bracket is probably extreme because it would be well past the Laffer curve "peak": the point of a 90% would not be to bring in more tax revenue, it would likely bring in less than our current rates, but it would lead to almost all the rich moving out of the country.

[–]chabanais[S] -3ポイント-2ポイント  (1子コメント)

A flat tax is just generally naive and banks on the idea that it's easier to explain to the average person.

So try and explain why.

[–]teakwood54 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Flat tax doesn't take into account static priced goods that everyone needs. Take 30% of a $100k/year salary and that person won't be hurting to survive. However, take 30% of someone at the poverty line and they might not be able to pay car insurance. Some of the lower end need less of a burden.

[–]CptQuestionMarkCounterrevolutionary 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

I know this isn't a very fruitful or constructive thing to say; but it must come out. I've meant to say it for a very long time:

Fuck Bernie Sanders.

[–]I-Downvoted_You 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

That dude just looks unstable.

[–]teakwood54 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That is probably why it was selected for this post...

[–]paddywacknack -1ポイント0ポイント  (3子コメント)

Just curious when did he say 90% tax rate for the rich? And how much many would you have to make for him to tax you that much?

[–]chabanais[S] -4ポイント-3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Just curious when did he say 90% tax rate for the rich?

http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/26/bernie-sanders-wants-to-bring-back-a-90-percent-tax-rate/

And how much many would you have to make for him to tax you that much?

Irrelevant.

[–]paddywacknack 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well taxing someone 90% who makes 30,000 a year vs 3,000,000 is quite different though it is obviously way too high. Seems to me he was trying to use shock value to make a point.

[–]chabanais[S] -4ポイント-3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Seems to me he was trying to use shock value to make a point.

So even dumber.