Comments on: The Flat Tax: Good for America, Bad for Washington

By: My New Sports Hero, Evan Mathis | International Liberty

My New Sports Hero, Evan Mathis | International Liberty — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:39:35 +0000

[…] Maybe Mathis can become a national spokesman for tax reform after he retires from […]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 320) | The Daily Hatch

Open letter to President Obama (Part 320) | The Daily Hatch — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:37:58 +0000

[…] best policy, needless to say, is getting rid of the corrupt tax system and replacing it with a simple and fair flat tax. That obviously wasn’t what Simpson and Bowles decided to propose, but the flat tax is a […]

By: The IRS has thuggish employees and the President was right to condemn their latest actions | The Daily Hatch

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:18:55 +0000

[…] Why am I thanking Obama? For the simple reason that this scandal means that more Americans now understand that the IRS is a venal agency. And that presumably means that more Americans now realize we should junk the internal revenue code and implement a simple and fair flat tax. […]

By: Let’s Thank President Obama for Reminding Americans that They Should Distrust the IRS | International Liberty

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:46:56 +0000

By: Going Galt: More Americans Vote with their Feet against Obama | International Liberty

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:25:54 +0000

[…] In other words, let’s not blame the victims and castigate Americans who redomicile in jurisdictions with better tax policy. Let’s fix the awful internal revenue code with a flat tax. […]

By: Great Moments in Government: The IRS Apologizes for Bias while Simultaneously Denying Bias | International Liberty

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:55:35 +0000

[…] another argument for the flat tax. If there’s no charitable deduction, there’s no opening for a politically biased IRS […]

By: The Strangest Tax Loophole Award « Sago

The Strangest Tax Loophole Award « Sago — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:29:09 +0000

[…] a big fan of the flat tax, in part because I hate when powerful interest groups use their insider connections to get special […]

By: The Strangest Tax Loophole Award | International Liberty

The Strangest Tax Loophole Award | International Liberty — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:47:33 +0000

[…] a big fan of the flat tax, in part because I hate when powerful interest groups use their insider connections to get special […]

By: Why the So-Called Marketplace Fairness Act Is a Misguided Expansion of Power for State Governments | International Liberty

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:15:06 +0000

[...] also explain that this issue isn’t about whether the Internet should be taxed. Indeed, as a fan of the flat tax, I don’t want special favors or special penalties in the tax code. Internet profits and [...]

By: Where the USA’s economic success come from? | The Daily Hatch

Where the USA’s economic success come from? | The Daily Hatch — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:50:44 +0000

[...] a big fan of Estonia, which has made big strides thanks to the flat tax and other free market [...]

By: An Amazing Story of Economic Success | International Liberty

An Amazing Story of Economic Success | International Liberty — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:36:01 +0000

[...] a big fan of Estonia, which has made big strides thanks to the flat tax and other free market [...]

By: Where Are the European Spending Cuts? | International Liberty

Where Are the European Spending Cuts? | International Liberty — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:38:43 +0000

[...] The moral of the story is that reducing the burden of government spending is the right recipe for sustainable and strong growth. Growth also is far more likely if lawmakers refrain from class-warfare tax policy and instead seek to collect revenue in ways that minimize the damage to prosperity. [...]

By: If you want the rich to pay a bigger percentage of the nation’s tax revenues then keep their tax rates low!!! | The Daily Hatch

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:27:01 +0000

[...] had the kind of limited governments that existed 100 years ago, neither nation would even need a flat tax. A few user fees and excise taxes would suffice. Now that’s hope and [...]

By: Public schools need more competition and vouchers is the answer | The Daily Hatch

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:06:47 +0000

[...] a few days ago about the possibility of replacing the corrupt internal revenue code with a flat tax. Either now or in the [...]

By: Powerful Evidence for School Choice | International Liberty

Powerful Evidence for School Choice | International Liberty — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:59:24 +0000

[...] a few days ago about the possibility of replacing the corrupt internal revenue code with a flat tax. Either now or in the [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 302.3) | The Daily Hatch

Open letter to President Obama (Part 302.3) | The Daily Hatch — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:14:58 +0000

[...] had the kind of limited governments that existed 100 years ago, neither nation would even need a flat tax. A few user fees and excise taxes would suffice. Now that’s hope and [...]

By: Four Reasons Why It’ll Be Almost Impossible To Reform The Tax Code

Four Reasons Why It’ll Be Almost Impossible To Reform The Tax Code — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:30:31 +0000

[...] I hate to think that my life has been wasted, but let’s consider several reasons why it’s become more difficult to scrap the Internal Revenue Code and implement a simple and fair system such as the flat tax. [...]

By: New GAO Study Mistakenly Focuses on Make-Believe Tax Expenditures | International Liberty

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:50:02 +0000

[...] that the system should only tax income one time, and it’s how income is defined for both the flat tax and national sales [...]

By: Debunking Krugman’s European Austerity Narrative | International Liberty

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:28:03 +0000

[...] they kept their flat tax systems, showing some appreciation for the common-sense insight that you don’t get more [...]

By: Identifying the Right “Depreciation” Tax Policy: The Most Boring – but Important – Article You Will Read Today | International Liberty

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:20:15 +0000

[...] more prosperity is that double taxation of saving and investment is eliminated. With either a flat tax or national sales tax, economic activity is taxed only one time. No death tax, no capital gains [...]

By: Dan Mitchell on Texas v. California | The Daily Hatch

Dan Mitchell on Texas v. California | The Daily Hatch — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:37:06 +0000

[...] P.P.S. To close on a serious point, California would be deteriorating even faster if it wasn’t for the fact that the state and local tax deduction basically means that the rest of the country is subsidizing the high tax rates in the not-so-Golden State. Another good argument for the flat tax. [...]

By: What Can We Learn by Comparing the Employment Situation in Texas vs. California? | International Liberty

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:56:28 +0000

By: Question of the Week: What’s the Right Point on the Laffer Curve? | International Liberty

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:03:52 +0000

[...] you could envision a world where those taxes were eliminated and replaced by a flat tax or national sales tax with a very low rate. Perhaps about 5 [...]

By: Everything You Need to Know about the Ryan Budget | International Liberty

Everything You Need to Know about the Ryan Budget | International Liberty — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:24:27 +0000

[...] there’s also some good tax policy. Not bold tax reform like a flat tax, but top tax rates would be reduced to 25 percent and many forms of double taxation like the death [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 263) | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:42:04 +0000

[...] I also think the flat tax will boost the economy’s performance, largely because lower tax rates are the key to good tax [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 247) | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:05:11 +0000

[...] into a 72,000-page monstrosity (this is why I sometimes try to convince honest leftists that a flat tax is a great way of reducing political [...]

By: Corporate Jet Loopholes, Depreciation, and Common-Sense Tax Policy | International Liberty

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:24:35 +0000

[...] Instead, it simply refers to a system where income is taxed only one time. So, for example, a flat tax is a consumption-base tax since income is taxed only one time as it is earned, just as a national [...]

By: There are five major policy areas, each of which counts for 20 percent of a nation’s grade | HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:21:35 +0000

[...] I also think the flat tax will boost the economy’s performance, largely because lower tax rates are the key to good tax [...]

By: The Tax Code Shouldn’t Steer Capital to State and Local Governments at the Expense of Private Investment :

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:33:21 +0000

[...] mostly write and talk about the flat tax, though I’d be happy to instead accept a national sales tax if we could somehow get rid of [...]

By: The Tax Code Shouldn’t Steer Capital to State and Local Governments at the Expense of Private Investment « International Liberty

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:45:40 +0000

[...] mostly write and talk about the flat tax, though I’d be happy to instead accept a national sales tax if we could somehow get rid of [...]