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Re:U.S. business contributes smallest share of federal taxes... by humanrebar on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:12AM (#19980268)
> ...I'm not sure why it has to be couched it divisive left-right rhetoric

The right has been floating flat and simplified tax schemes for decades, including consumption taxes. For example, Hermain Cain made a 9-9-9 Plan a central policy of his campaign.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9%E2%80%939%E2%80%939_Plan

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Re:U.S. business contributes smallest share of federal taxes... by jeromegv on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:01AM (#19981239)
Floating for decades, but they were controlling the senate, the congress, and the presidency, and I have yet to see it enacted.
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Re:U.S. business contributes smallest share of federal taxes... by humanrebar on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @05:53PM (#19985959)
Guess which President Trumps aren't particularly interested in substantial policy reform as much as picking fights on irrelevant cultural issues.
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