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10. No. Flat taxes are regressive

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:45 PM

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Booker Pushes Bill to Make $75,000 in Income Tax Free [View all] applegrove Mar 9 OP

No. Just no n/t leftstreet Mar 9 #1

Why not? moose65 Mar 9 #6

How about an explanation of your "no". Not real useful otherwise NoRethugFriends Mar 9 #9

Tax higher incomes, slash pork spending leftstreet Mar 9 #18

I don't know what neighborhood you live in.... SergeStorms Mar 9 #20

That's not the effective rate for most leftstreet Mar 9 #21

Yes please! at140 Mar 9 #2

Squirrel! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 9 #3

Or to raise, or eliminate, the cap on Social Security displacedvermoter Mar 9 #5

This instead. Ferrets are Cool Mar 9 #13

THIS!☝️👆🖕 RainCaster Mar 9 #30

Yes! Johnny2X2X Mar 9 #4

No. No flat taxes moose65 Mar 9 #8

No. Flat taxes are regressive NoRethugFriends Mar 9 #10

It could be the trade off Johnny2X2X Mar 9 #12

Why should somebody at 100,000 pay same rate as 1,000,000,000 NoRethugFriends Mar 9 #15

They wouldn't Johnny2X2X Mar 9 #16

It's essentially a flat tax Dave says Mar 9 #25

Where the heck you getting your calculator? Johnny2X2X Mar 9 #26

Oops! Dave says Mar 9 #28

It's not perfect. Johnny2X2X Mar 9 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 9 #14

Louder for the folks in the back... nt EarthFirst Mar 9 #23

But what about the poor billionaires? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 9 #24

It'll go nowhere. Just look at the liberals here. DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 9 #27