![]() ![]() Given that the flat tax eliminates all the most difficult and confusing aspects of the current system, this assertion is quite puzzling. Garrison argues that the tax system cannot be simplified. As such, adoption of a flat tax presumably would impose limits on the growth of taxes on the federal level (primarily because politicians would have a harder time using divide-and-conquer tactics). ![]() Moreover, evidence from the states shows that single-rate tax systems make it harder for states to raise taxes. Since the vast majority of flat-tax supporters are big advocates of lower taxes, and since all the major flat-tax proposals include a significant tax reduction, this claim is somewhat confusing. In his article “The Flat Tax: Simplicity Desimplified” ( The Freeman, October 1996), Roger Garrison implies that those who favor the flat tax do not care about the size of the tax burden. ![]()
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