April 16, 2010 10:33:13 AM
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Pretty much everyone thinks the tax system could be improved, and many think it needs to be overhauled completely. How would you improve the US tax system? Whether it's a completely different structure or just a tweak to how we file, we want to hear your Tax Day Tweaks!
Franklin Roosevelt made an excellent defense of the graduated income tax. "Wealth in the modern world does not come merely from individual effort," he said. "The individual does not create the product of his industry with his own hands." The rich get rich, in other words, to a great degree because they live in a rich society.
The answer, clearly, is more of a graduated income tax.
The quote is from "Traitor to His Class," by H.W. Brands.
