Taxes are always a big subject. The replies you get from people vary from person to person. Some tend to not complain or care too much. But others have a very negative opinion and think they know the solution to a “better” system. America is a very complex and crazy changing country. We have a very diverse culture and it changes from each area. With all of that said the ideas of how the system should be run varies from person to person and all depends on what type of financial or life you’ve been brought up in. If you are a rich person you are going to want less taxes if you are poor you are going to want less but you’re also going to want more money somehow. Taxes “pay” for a lot of the things you use but, in all reality,, we never really know where that money is going. “it will promote economic growth by eliminating the capital gains tax and double taxation that currently discourages productive activity like saving, investing and job creation.” This is a statement from the fair tax article, but it doesn’t show how it will really work. Rich people will always be able to afford products but with the high tax on products it will make it much harder for poor people to buy all their normal things. But people argue that they will make more, but they don’t make enough to begin with so it’ll just make their situation harder. With the amount of poor people and people in poverty we have a flat tax would destroy them and the rich would become richer. There is always going to be people who complain about their situation. No matter what we do people are going to be upset. So it is all about what is best for everyone. A progressive tax is the best in my opinion because it is better for the lower and middle class and that is the majority of our population.