A flat tax: ? is designed so that everybody would be charged the same percentage of their income. ? is designed in such a way that as a person's income rises, the tax rate falls. ? is designed so that everybody would pay the same number of dollars in taxes. ? is designed to take a smaller percentage of higher incomes as compared to lower incomes.
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