1.   Any flat tax is inherently unfair, as are all regressive taxes.

2.   Corporate taxes are to be abolished and replaced by a flat rate tax.

3.   For most people, paying tax was a kind of enlightened self-interest.

4.   For smokers and the very wealthy, the taxes would be higher.

5.   For the very rich, the tax will be so trivial as to be unnoticed.

6.   He believed that lower taxes were the route to higher growth and more jobs.

7.   Higher taxes are likely to discourage investment.

8.   If lump sum taxes are straight forward to levy and cheap to administer, the first course is the best.

9.   If you pay it, alimony is tax deductible.