Flat Tax eliminates class war
Mitchell 07 – Daniel Mitchell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who specialized in fiscal policy, particularly tax reform, international tax competition, and the economic burden of government spending, (“The Global Flat Tax Revolution”, July/August 2007, https://www.cato.org/policy-report/july/august-2007/global-flat-tax-revolution)//CG
The flat tax revolution also suggests that the politics of class warfare is waning. For much of the 20th century, policymakers subscribed to the notion that the tax code should be used to penalize those who contribute most to economic growth. Raising revenue was also a factor, to be sure, but many politicians seem to have been more motivated by the ideological impulse that rich people should be penalized with higher tax rates. If nothing else, the growing community of flat tax nations shows that class‐warfare objections can be overcome.