At first glance, the public likes the flat-tax idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trouble With Taxes] Reference

In 1980, there were just three flat-tax jurisdictions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heavenly Tax Havens] Reference

All the flat-tax plans suffer from two general defects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Call It The Flaky Tax] Reference

Finally, two more countries hop on the flat-tax bandwagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain's Challenge] Reference

The public's appetite for his flat-tax orthodoxy could fade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buying Power] Reference

A flat-tax is a very unpopular idea, even among Republicans.    From Wordnik.com.  ["How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?"] Reference

Senator Gramm seems about to climb aboard the flat-tax train.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trouble With Taxes] Reference

McCain should revive his support for an alternative flat-tax system.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Time to Think Big on Tax Cuts] Reference

The personal income tax would move sharply towards the flat-tax model.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur Laffer as a Leading Indicator] Reference

To prohibit government from running any deficits and to have a flat-tax?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

I've never really understood the "flat-tax for simplification" argument.    From Wordnik.com.  [The High-Cost Producer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Perhaps most amazing, there is now a flat-tax revolution sweeping the globe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heavenly Tax Havens] Reference

As such, the flat-tax has some appeal from the standpoint of the ideals of equality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taxes: Fair or Foul?] Reference

Haiti clearly has too large of a government and should institute a very low flat-tax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Context in Haiti] Reference

Forbes + Couldn't capitalize on Iowa in N.H., the best state for his flat-tax message.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conventional Wisdom] Reference

The only preference in the flat-tax system is a generous allowance based on family size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broke] Reference

In addition, there are some little-noted but very important corporate flat-tax provisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [There's Still No Free Lunch] Reference

Lose fringes: Workers have a lot to lose, if businesses restructured along flat-tax lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Shelter] Reference

In the past, flat-tax lovers and haters have clashed over the desirability of a single rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Tax Simplification and the Flat Tax] Reference

Today there are at least 25 countries with flat-tax systems and top tax rates of 20% or less.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Lewis: How to Create Jobs] Reference

But they're a dicier proposition these days because of the flat-tax proposals afloat in Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bottom Fishing] Reference

Today, prompted by Estonia's 1994 reform, there are 25 governments with simple and fair flat-tax regimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heavenly Tax Havens] Reference

Mr. Forbes went through his usual spiel: We need a flat-tax now, and give the surplus back to the taxpayers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Laffer-Curve Crew Reunites for Steve Forbes at Treasury!] Reference

But then there would have to be a higher flat-tax rate, or lower personal exemptions, to raise enough revenue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Shelter] Reference

Alberta (where I have happen to reside) can afford the flat-tax conceit, because it heavily TAXES the Energy Sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [Listen Up, Jim, Kill The Progressive Tax System « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference

March 1996: After Dole appears to secure the nomination, Kemp endorses flat-tax guru Steve Forbes, Dole's primary opponent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Throwing Long] Reference

Four years ago, Mrs. Merkel nominated a flat-tax advocate as her shadow finance minister — but never adopted his proposals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysterious Mrs. Merkel] Reference

Now, even with a flat-tax, the rich will pay a greater amount, but should they also pay a greater proportion of their income?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taxes: Fair or Foul?] Reference

Others decided to go a different route and introduced a low, flat-tax structure where everyone pays the same low rate on income.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Know I’m Right] Reference

The flat-tax idea has even entered the political debate in Germany after endorsement last year by an economic adviser to the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Orthodoxy] Reference

At every New York stop he bashed Brown, deriding his flat-tax proposal as recycled Reaganomics and a threat to the social-security system.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Blood Sport] Reference

Unless, of course, Croatia wants to stumble along with growth of 1 percent yearly while its flat-tax neighbors grow by 5 percent annually.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Meanwhile, In Zagreb] Reference

Four years ago, Mrs. Merkel at least half-heartedly ran as a reformer, even nominating a flat-tax proponent as her shadow finance minister.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Improbable Rise of Germany's Supply Siders] Reference

I think Joe would be an interesting flat-tax libertarian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drudge Retort] Reference

With the flat-tax model, the more you make the more you pay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

She also denounces his signature jobs-growth move - the flat-tax - as "an abject failure.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Projo.com Projo Local News] Reference

A flat-tax system should lead to fewer suboptimal investment decisions, as noted in this blog post.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market News] Reference