Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[TJ Parker]

re flat tax: "Politically correct or not, it's an idea that has a history of appealing to voters. When magazine publisher Steve Forbes ran for president on the issue, the idea polled better than he did."

but of course, he was also talking about a 17% flat tax, which is just about at the point where 50% of all taxpayers would come out even or positive (effective tax rate >= ~16% for upper 50% of taxpayers).