From: atbowler@thinkage.ca   
      
   On 2015-07-07 10:53 PM, Sharx35 wrote:   
   > "JCannuck"  wrote in message news:91a95a89-4279-49da-a7e6-4c0b   
   616dca1@googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > It is well known that flat taxes benefit the rich and not the poor. Former   
   MP, Dennis Mills was   
   > trying to persuade government officials when he was in office to adopt a   
   flat tax when he was in   
   > office. They weren't convinced.   
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   > You are correct. It always surprised me how many of my middle-income tax   
   clients bought into the   
   > flat tax bullshit.  Some actually claimed that we accountants objected to it   
   because it would reduce   
   > the number of potential clients who needed help with their taxes.   
      
   The less paperwork argument never made any sense.   
   The bulk of calculations in a tax filing are those to detemine   
   what the actual income to be taxed is.  None of those is   
   affected by a so-called "flat" tax.   
      
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