https://calwatchdog.com/2011/05/18/time-is-ripe-for-ca-flat-tax/ Sat, 13 May 2017 14:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://calwatchdog.com/2011/05/18/time-is-ripe-for-ca-flat-tax/#comment-136076 Sat, 13 May 2017 14:35:30 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=17811#comment-136076 […] and clout to advance both needed pension reform and comprehensive state tax reform, such Laffer’s proposed flat tax of about 6.5% for California. Instead, Brown can say with Louis XIV, “Après moi le […]

]]> https://calwatchdog.com/2011/05/18/time-is-ripe-for-ca-flat-tax/#comment-5066 Wed, 18 May 2011 18:03:56 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=17811#comment-5066 I think this is the only way to get the ignorant people to stop screaming for the “Rich” to “Pay their fair share.” The “Rich” are already paying over 50% of their income to fund the welfare of the 47% of people who pay no taxes. The system we have set up right now, where people who contribute absolutely nothing to the tax pool, are given the ability to approve more taxes that will be paid by other people. Everyone should be paying the same amount (percentage wise) if everyone is going to have an equal say in how the money is spent.

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