Bounce ’em

Victor Davis Hanson misses the point:

If the liberal Secretary of the Treasury and the even more liberal would-be HHS Secretary did not pay their proper taxes, owed tens of thousands in back taxes, and (apparently) were only willing to address this issue when it was a matter of career advancement in Washington, what does that say about our honor-based tax code?
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Any more of these stories and we will be on very dangerous ground, since the message is a terrible one to the American people:  You pay your full amount, but our elites not only do not, but won't unless they get caught.

This is all about as good an argument for a flat tax as one can imagine.

And just why should we expect them to pay a flat tax?  These weasels apparently didn’t even attempt to pay what they owed.

The major argument for a flat tax is its simplicity:  Innocent bystanders aren’t as likely to be ensnared by some random complication.

Daschle and Geithner are not a “good argument for a flat tax.”  They’re a good argument for turning the “elites” out of power.


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