A flat tax by its vary nature and NOT be progressive. And even with how broken the tax code is, a flat tax still places a totally unfair burden on the poor. If

A flat tax by its vary nature and NOT be progressive. And even with how broken the tax code is, a flat tax still places a totally unfair burden on the poor. If you take 20% of 20,000 bucks your tax on me is 4k which only leaves me 16k to live on (You would be extremely poor in US). 20% of 200k is 40k, which leaves me 160k to live on.