Dave Zweifel: With flat tax, workers get less while the rich get richer

Both the flat tax idea and the movement to end the income tax are based on plans that would severely reduce state revenues, requiring cuts in many state services and crushing hopes to help public schools and give relief to beleaguered local governments. Worse, they both would place the tax burden directly on those who ought to be paying less.

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Dave Zweifel: With flat tax, workers get less while the rich get richer

Both the flat tax idea and the movement to end the income tax are based on plans that would severely reduce state revenues, requiring cuts in many state services and crushing hopes to help public schools and give relief to beleaguered local governments. Worse, they both would place the tax burden directly on those who ought to be paying less.

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