MORE ON THE PROS AND CONS OF RAND PAUL’S FLAT TAX PLAN:

A moderate con by Ramesh Ponnuru:

The plan may look as though it cuts middle-class taxes because he would not apply his flat tax to families of four making less than $50,000 and he abolishes the payroll tax. But the plan taxes everyone by imposing a European-style Value-Added Tax, although he does not say it explicitly.

An enthusiastic pro by Arthur Laffer:

Rand Paul’s tax plan is “absolutely spectacular.” . . . “The compromises can come later.” . . . “I hope he appreciates just how good his proposal is.:

Bill O’Reilly almost likes it but thinks the rate should be 19%: “Overall Senator Paul’s flat-tax proposal is friendly to the American worker.”

I still don’t like a VAT without killing the privacy-destroying income tax (and IRS) with a silver bullet and stake through its heart.