Quote Originally Posted by ccbatson View Post
No argument here...while we are at it [[fair taxation), go with a flat tax.

BTW, a deduction for another individual's taxes is not money out of your [[or anyone else's) pocket. It is not yours, you did not earn it. For that matter, it is not the government's as they did not earn it either.
Just because ignorant boobs call a flat tax, "The Fair Tax" doesn't make it so, just as "Clear Skies" and "Healthy Forests" promoted air pollution and logging, respectively.

Deductions certainly do impact everyone, Dr. Lives-in-Cocoon. The less you pay in taxes, that's more money that has to be made-up somewhere, either with higher rates of taxation, or with cuts to programs.