RUSSIA NOW HAS A FLAT

RUSSIA NOW HAS A FLAT TAX AND THEIR ECONOMY IS TAKING OFF. Read Deroy Murdock’s take on Russia & flat tax in National Review Online’s Financial section. Murdock writes:

Since January 1, 2001, Russians have enjoyed a 13 percent flat tax. That’s right. The once-Communist superpower now stands to the right of publisher Steve Forbes on taxes. The former GOP presidential contender staunchly advocates a 17 percent flat tax.

“Sometimes philosophical seeds fall on interesting ground,” Forbes says. “After Marxism, which was the philosophical equivalent of the IRS code, something understandable has obvious appeal.”

Now if only the US would get the message…