>That's just because moving from progressive-taxation to a flat-tax reduces how much they pay! They would be more than willing to be flat taxed at their curren

>That's just because moving from progressive-taxation to a flat-tax reduces how much they pay! They would be more than willing to be flat taxed at their current rate because it would still save them the hassle and the stress and the uncertainty. Now, it would likely reduce what they pay eventually, because if you flat taxed the whole populous at their rate there'd be a new government pretty quick, but that's not the point.