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A flat tax could be a great thing in that everyone who pays taxes could come out ahead. All those smart CPAs and IRS folks could go do something productive with their lives (find a cure for cancer, invent something, whatever). Unfortunately, it may never happen because of the inherent corruption in our government…..

Politicians use the complex tax code to reward those who give them money. As the years go by, the code gets more and more complex. It could be improved, (reformed?) but an all-out flat tax would take away the politician's primary means of paying back those that fund their elections. The ability to manipulate the tax code gives politicians power. Powerful people don’t like to have their power taken away.

It is not in either political party’s best interest to have a flat tax, so I’m afraid it may never happen. Any time the issue comes up, the democrats will cry class warfare and the republicans will quietly dodge the issue until it loses momentum.