No matter how dead and discredited you might think their political careers are that doesn't stop them from showing up on CNN as an "expert" commentator. It also doesn't stop them from hitting you up for cash with thinly disguised phone solicitations.

That's what you get for indulging curiosity and not hitting the off switch at the sound of a recorded voice.

Put the Carbon Back

to ask for your support in the development a flat tax structure to lower the cost on businesses, create jobs and grow the economy."

Assuming they included PayRoll Tax, Income Tax, and (indexed for inflation) Capital Gains Tax, all into one pot, and then did a flat tax on that.

I'd be perfectly fine with a Flat Tax.

http://greyfalcon.net/payrolltaxes.png
http://greyfalcon.net/concentrate.png
http://greyfalcon.net/taxevasion3

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What I'm not fine with is the so-called "Fair Tax", which people like Gingrich and Paul advocate.  Which is primarily just shifting the tax burden away from the top 1%
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/NRST-percen ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax

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As Teddy Roosevelt (Republican) mentioned:
"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government. Not only should he recognize this obligation in the way he leads his daily life and in the way he earns and spends his money, but it should also be recognized by the way in which he pays for the protection the States gives him."
http://theboard.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/hes-no-teddy ...

Other good quotes here
http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/10/teddy-roo ...

-David Ahlport