Would you agree to abolishing the IRS and going with a flat tax?

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75. Great idea except that the rich contribute to the campaigns of those we elect ...

and consequently can push through legislation that provides them with loopholes to exploit.

Of course that leads to a discussion over campaign financing laws which currently allow the wealthiest in our nation to have far more influence over our laws than the average citizen has.

Perhaps that is why the rich are getting richer and the middle class faces extinction.

The question is how can we correct this problem? We can vote for candidates who promise to make real change but when elected they often forget those promises.

I really do not have a solution. I do feel that if we continue down this path we will lose what made our nation great and instead become like most nations in history where the rich were privileged and the poor were oppressed.

While that works out well for those in power and especially for the rich it often leads to a revolution.

The rich should be aware that greed has consequences. Better to share their wealth and work to insure that a strong middle class exists in our nation rather than to exploit their workers for profit. By doing so they may actually increase their wealth over the long run and they will live in a far better nation.