Explain this form of logic to me

[flycessna]

Originally Posted by T-310

Get gold and hide it. I don't trust the current squatter in the WH. My TSP was worth in excess of $250k. After the well-spoken and clean one came to office, it was worth less than $60k. I cleaned out my TSP and bought gold and have been since.

You buy the gold, I am buying lead!

[OICU812]

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

This is basically a round about way for the OP to argue for a flat rate tax, which wouldn't work. An angled tax rate might, but not a flat rate.

Even the people who argue for a flat tax end up with a slightly progressive tax, because we all know a person barely surviving, and living in poverty can be excused from paying income taxes.

The purpose of a flat tax is to actually get people to pay taxes, and remove much of the corruptible influences in government.