"Dave In Houston"wrote:

Bring on the Flat Tax and maybe we can put this argument to bed.

Probably the most inequitable method of taxation of all.

Low income people must spend the highest percentage of their income to
survive, while the more affluent require a smaller percentage of their
income to survive.

The result:

If a flat tax were imposed, the low income memembers of society carry the
heaviest tax burden.

Lew