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I support the abstract idea of replacing our convoluted tax code with an extremely simple, straight-forward one that avoids negative impact on the poor and maintains an appropriate level of taxation on those (individuals and businesses) with millions/billions of dollars who are not personally impacted the same way (when you have a billion dollars, no reasonable amount of even "high" tax is going to affect your ability to have shelter, food, etc like it would when levied on lower income classes). I am even okay with setting that threshold relatively high.

But this will never happen, and even if it did, it will only affect things at the federal level. The very way our country is designed and divided by states, counties, local jurisdictions makes me feel like we're doomed to complexity forever. However, simplification on the federal side would be a huge step forward. I don't claim to know exactly what that solution would look like but I think it is possible. I am not convinced "Fair Tax" is it, however.