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The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not Fair

By DCT | April 5, 2009

Mises Daily by Laurence M. Vance | Posted on 4/3/2009 12:00:00 AM
[This talk was given at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference at the Mises Institute.]
Our current income tax system, inaugurated in 1913 with the adoption of the 16th Amendment, began with a 1 percent tax on taxable income above $3,000 ($4,000 for married couples). [...]

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