On Ari Flesher said with flat tax ideas republicans can run on being the "Change" against

[applegrove]

the old traditional liberal ideas of Obama. How do we counter this meme? Was there ever a 'flat' tax in American history?

[PoliticAverse]

1. Yes, briefly. See...

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/hottopic/irs_history.html

"in 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate Federal income tax, which was ruled unconstitutional the following year by the
U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each state."

[bluestate10]

2. Just run the numbers.

Show the poor and middle class how badly they will get fucked if a flat tax is implemented. The tax system that is required is one where people that earn above a specific amount of money get a higher progressive rate and few, if any deductions. A person does not have to be a potential victim of a flat tax scheme to despise the idea of such a tax.