Emily Ekins on Americans’ Preference for a Flat Tax

The latest Reason-Rupe poll asked
Americans if they would support or oppose changing the federal tax
system to a flat tax, where everyone pays the same percentage of
his or her income. The poll finds that 62 percent favor the flat
tax and 33 percent are opposed, reports Emily Ekins, the director
of polling for Reason Foundation. When asked where they would set
the flat tax, the average response was 15 percent.

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