Peter Rush: Yes, Washington should adopt a flat income tax

By Peter Rush

Published: Sunday, Sept. 16 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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The tax code of the United States is a disgrace. Everyone complains about it. No one understands it. And even if you try very hard, your chance of being wrong is high. And to make it worse, Congress continues to treat the tax code like a candy store for its most favored donors.

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Ultra Bob

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Problem: doing away with the 10,000 pages of tax that was bought and paid for by special interests eliminates of a huge cash cow for the lawyers and accountants and the millions of people that would be put out of work.

Even so, my More..

12:23 p.m. Sept. 16, 2012
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Kent C. DeForrest

Provo, UT

Interesting that the author claims "the first flat tax was progressive." Isn't that like saying the first dog was a cat? Maybe he has a different definition of flat tax, but the one most people operate on is a single rate for More..

2:37 p.m. Sept. 16, 2012
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Ultra Bob

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Further.

The removal of taxes on business profits would probably eliminate some of the fancy accounting that is now being done. And if business develops ways to distribute profits without remitting the tax there might have to be severe More..

12:53 p.m. Sept. 16, 2012
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