I've oft wondered if a per-capita tax might be the most fair. My proposal is replacing all of our current federal taxing systems with a fixed (not percentage of income) tax that all adult citizens pay. Each state would do this too.

Our government spends a large amount of money trying to figure out how much you make, how many things you own, when you've spent money. They also exempt some people from sales tax, provide deductions for strange stuff and even pay tax 'refunds' to people that didn't actually pay any taxes.

Don't bother trying to compute people's income or spending or property, etc. Just every adult pays a certain amount every year. If you can't pay, you're punished somehow--like you lose fire protection or road use.

If you were in a car-pool, everyone would have to drive the same amount--you can't say "I gave money to the poor, so I don't have to drive today" or "I'm paying mortgage interest so I get to deduct a day driving." Deductions are government manipulation of the people.

And as for progressive taxes, if your boss was in the car pool with you, would you say 'you make more, so you have to drive more often"--?? In a ladies quilting circle, would you look at the bank-president's wife and tell her that she has to bring two quilt squares next week because she makes more money? No, that wouldn't be fair. They get the same use of roads and schools, the same military protection that you do, so why should they pay more. I don't know where we got this idea that some people are required to pay more than others. BTW, I'm middle-class myself, so I'm not saying that I shouldn't pay a bunch--I just don't think what we do is fair.

This system would encourage capitalism and people wouldn't have to hide their money overseas. Business would be more efficient because they wouldn't be worried about all of the government overhead. I ran a business once--the government work almost equaled the customer-work.

Think of how many fewer goverment employees there would need to be 'riding in the wagon.' We could get them back working productive jobs, helping to 'push the wagon'.

Okay, tell me why I'm wrong.

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