From: utzoo!utcsrgv!thomson
Newsgroups: can.politics
Title: Re: Fixed rate vs progressive tax
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1016
Posted: Fri Feb 11 11:17:31 1983
Received: Fri Feb 11 12:35:20 1983
References: utcsrgv.1015

I have long felt that the only reasonable tax scheme is to increase
the basic deductions (personal and dependents) so they reflect the
real cost of basic (maybe even poverty-level) subsistence, then
tax any income after that at a flat rate.  Eg. the deductions for
a single person should amount to $8k or so, a family of 4 maybe
$12k.
I was particularly peeved when Judy Erola recommended that the deduction
system be fiddled to encourage procreation.  It is an indicator of the
incredible arrogance of our federal government that she would even
consider your and my fecundity the business of the Feds (the same
government that had 'no business in the bedrooms of the nation', remember?)
and consider the basic tax deductions (which I believe should reflect how much 
money you *need*) appropriate tools of Cabinet policy.