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Note:  This article is also an addition to the BipolarNation.com Platform.
In my younger and more politically formative years, I remember hearing about the flat tax (in which everyone is taxed the same percentage of income) and turning to my older brother, saying something to the tune of, “isn’t a flat tax fair for everyone?”
He just said, “yeah.”
Well.  That makes sense.
Liberals want a “progressive” tax that more heavily taxes the rich.  But if the tax rate were the same for everyone, the rich would pay more actual money, because 20% of …