tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post4187409538054236115..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: Rather than Repeat the Mistakes of 1986, How About a Flat Tax?principled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-56266062721276560062014-06-18T15:31:02.378-04:002014-06-18T15:31:02.378-04:00No, because education tax credits (in my conceptio...No, because education tax credits (in my conception) means essentially to opt out of a government function.<br /><br />The government taxes you to fund its schools. If you choose to sponsor the education of a child on your own, you shouldn't have to pay government for doing what its not doing.<br /><br />All of the special tax provisions of the federal income tax are there to manipulate behavior or favor one group over another.<br /><br />Also, education tax credits really only apply on a state level. For more on this aspect, see my letter reply to <a href="http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2011-fall/letters-replies/" rel="nofollow">"Would the Federal Government Permit States to Implement a Tax Credits Program?"</a>.<br /><br />Thanks.principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-83885177696840392252014-06-18T14:06:53.179-04:002014-06-18T14:06:53.179-04:00You ask, "How to overcome this problem?...The...You ask, "How to overcome this problem?...The door would be slammed on deductions, credits, and the like."<br /><br />Wouldn't this undercut your program to privatize education and make it free market, since the phase in uses tax credits for education outside the public education system?Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.com