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When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax.

I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A Fair Tax would replace all federal taxes on personal and corporate income with a single national tax on retail sales, while a Flat Tax would apply the same tax rate to all income with few if any deductions or exemptions.

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly.

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.

In a perfect world we would bring corporate tax rates down to 25% or less so we can get competitive in the world economy. Ultimately, I would love to see a flat tax.

In 1994, Estonia became the first European country to adopt a flat tax, and its 26 percent flat tax dramatically energized what had been a faltering economy. Before adopting the flat tax, the Estonian economy was literally shrinking. In the eight years after 1994, Estonia experienced real economic growth - averaging 5.2 percent per year.