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FLAT TAX
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... Brian Morris/English 115
Argumentative Essay
Flat Tax Argument
It is time for America to move in a new direction towards expanding its future. ... Americans can no longer allow Washington to play the usual game of “neutral fiddling” with the tax code(Adams 7). ... Adjusting “margins” within the tax code that only help the wealthy to cut taxes, does not demonstrate a fair and equal tax system(8). ... America needs a permanent across the board tax cut that is deep and wide enough to reach down to all Americans and lift the suffocating weight of the “Internal Revenue Service”(IRS) off their backs. The only legislation that Americas government should strive for that will benefit all Americans more than another so called “balanced budget,” is a well thought out, well-crafted, “flat tax. ... In Egypt, tax collectors are depicted in tomb paintings dated at 2000 B. ... (31) Ancient Rome had an elaborate tax system that included sales taxes, inheritance taxes, and taxes on imports and exports(42). ... , the English fought fiercely against the invading Romans and their tax collectors. ... In 1404, Parliament passed the world’s first income tax(17). The tax was so disliked that Parliament had it later rescinded and ordered all records of it burned(15). During the French Revolution of 1789, all of the French tax collectors were judged guilty of treason and sent to the guillotine(Moody 30). ... Not until 1789 was Congress give the power to tax American citizens(56). ... In the 1960’s, the tax-free Cayman Islands began to be used as a haven from the IRS(21).
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Title: FLAT TAX
Words: 1238
Rating: None
Pages: 5
submitted by: SPAZTAZGOLF
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