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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Mon, Nov 25th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Sun, Nov 24th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Thu, Nov 14th 2024 ]: Robert Yanks

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[ Tue, Nov 12th 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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[ Wed, Oct 23rd 2024 ]: Brian Stokes

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Thu, April 23, 2009

[ Thu, Apr 23rd 2009 ]: Nathan Burkes

Is it time for a flat tax and a massive downsizing of the IRS?
Fri, January 30, 2009

[ Fri, Jan 30th 2009 ]: Nathan Burkes

Thoughts for the stimulus package headed towards the Senate.

Is it time for a flat tax and a massive downsizing of the IRS?

Flat income tax across the board No deductions for anything Fair regardless of living or working situation

So, when Geitner, the guy that runs the IRS cannot do his own taxes properly, maybe it's time to purge a bloated and costly system that favors social classes. Does it not seem time to just scrap the massive tax code, eliminate all the loop holes that so many abuse, and just set a flat income tax?

I've talked to dozens of people regarding such a change and not a one, not even the CPAs I know, think that this is a bad idea. So why doesn't our government make the change? Can you imagine the staff reduction that would occur in the IRS itself? That equates to massive governement savings. Then, consider the money that would no longer be lost through loop holes, etc.

If Obama and Geitner want to do the right thing, one of those "things" is to correct an outdated and convoluted system for something that is downright basic. A flat tax for all income, no deductions, and viola, fairness.



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