Yeah but that 50k income covers their entire mortgage, kids schooling, etc. 50k covers barely anything for us, so I'm being punished for living in and being part of a large economic engine (big city) that, frankly, makes the money this country runs on.
So their entire lives are tax free(even while they are using resources paid by tax), but for me income for private school/daycare, mortgage, etc aren't. I don't see how anyone can see that as fair. If we all moved to rural Alabama then economy would collapse, so telling me to move is a non-starter.
Regardless, flax tax is crackpot territory and Rand Paul's chances of becoming President are about the same as mine. I see that as a feature, not a bug in our system. Greece just voted in radicals hell bent of changing things, and now it looks like they're headed for financial doom. Just because the status quo has issues doesn't mean you're obligated to throw everything out. The nice part of our tax code is that its so complex, no one action can really ruin things. We can add/remove as needed without really breaking anything. Its congress-proof for the most part, under typical government gridlock (different parties holding power in different branches).
