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I agree with the sentiment, but the proposals generally are OK for the poor, but what they do is shift taxes from the plutocrats, the top 1/10th of 1%, the big donor class, downward. Exactly who picks up the slack depends on the tax but it's generally middle class and above who get hit. I've yet to see one that, say, Warren Buffett would pay more or the Koch family, or the Walton family, etc.
The flat tax would be fine if fully applied to everyone with some $ in credits paid out monthly (which is basically a form of UBI) and then we get rid of other forms of welfare.
Beyond that, I can't see where I can morally support it.