Flat Tax and the Deficit

So much recent talk about solving the deficit leads me to want to again submit my idea, which I still think is good and would make those of us willing to volunteer feel good because it was in our recent lifetime the deficit grew.

Simply let seniors volunteer to have whatever amount they choose to give deducted from their Social Security check each month--$10, $25, $100 or more, which most of us wouldn’t even miss. Stern’s article about Perot’s proposal brought to mind my idea again and maybe those multibillionaires would give it all!? A “bring us together” idea with possibly awards or pins to wear so we could brag about what we are doing! Most of us want to help but don’t know how. We in this household are almost lower middle class, but everyone is concerned about the deficit and what it might do to our children.

P.S. A few of my friends I tried to get interested in this didn’t think much of it; so maybe we aren’t all as generous as I think.

REBA DEAN WILSON

Huntington Beach