Reply #45: The wealthy have more property to protect so they should pay more since most taxes go to national

[Mountainman]

defense. It's like paying insurance, the more you want to insure the more you have to pay in insurance.

That 39% meme is one of the arguments for the "fair" tax. It is propaganda so people like you will vote against your own best interests. Do the wealthy plead with congress to provide a middle class tax cut? No they want to pay less and you pay more, that's what will happen with a one size fits all tax bracket. Say the "fair" tax was 25% of your income and 25% of their income. The government needs to raise taxes so the rate us upped to 27%, your after tax income will buy less of the necessities you need and the wealthy just cut back on a few less diamonds.