# VOTE Tomorrow ! **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 6, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vote-tomorrow/186076 "2006-11-06T17:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 65
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vote-tomorrow/186076/65 "2006-11-07T16:37:19Z")
> [@beaverun drift practice 3/18](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beaverun-drift-practice-3-18/25650/13): > > what’s the simple solution? a flat income tax? a flat sales tax? both fail on the concept that the incredibly poor and incredibly rich don’t spend proportionately. Someone living on minimum wage spends ALL of his income, and generally relies on his tax return to catch up, or barely get ahead. the incredibly rich don’t spend 100% of their income. only an exponential/graduated tax on income, combined with other taxes, can effectively generate enough revenue to finance what the government needs to spend. and before anyone says dick about cutting spending, the war in Iraq has cost more than anything I can think of. Here is the problem. Read the Constitution. Nowhere in the constitution will you find any mandate to spend tax dollars on 100,000 fucking social programs. What you WILL find in the Constitution is that the Federal government is charged with providing fo rthe defense of this country. So if the governemnt spends a boatload of money to defend this country, then that is what they are supposed to do. The tax code is used to modify behaviour, and thats bullshit. The solution is NOT to raise taxes, the solution is to CUT FUCKING SPENDING! [http://www.fairtax.org/](http://www.fairtax.org/) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vote-tomorrow/186076)._