When I looked at it and did my homework on this issue, I concluded that a flat tax is better than a consumption tax.

Who's on the case when it comes to the flat tax?

I think a flat tax has merit. Anything would be better than the current tax code.

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.

[The intrinsic attraction of flat tax has been most pithily expressed by none other than Clint Eastwood.] All of a sudden, what do you have? ... You have the whole tax system run by a little old lady on a home computer, doing the work of all these thousands of bureaucrats and accountants.

The thorniest issue of late is that Merkel's shadow finance minister wants a 25 percent flat tax and no loopholes as a way to stimulate the economy. The left says it will mainly benefit the rich, and some among Merkel's ranks object too.