A flat tax rate would do wonders for America. A progressive tax rate just means, the more successful you are, the more you'll be punished.
The ideal flat tax income rate is zero. That's exactly what it was up until 1913, and then they
knew a constitutional amendment was necessary. Even so, the Supreme Court has
twice ruled that the amendment did not alter the definition of "taxpayer", which up until that time included foreign nationals doing business in the United States, and citizens of one state working in another. You wouldn't know it by how such events unfold these days, but according to legal history, a natural born citizen working for a labor wage within his state of residence is exempt from federal income taxation.
Not that I'm stupid enough to argue that point on my own tax forms.
