Taxing the rich - what is the cutoff?

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Under the flat tax plain lower income families would receive a tax credit so low income families would still not pay taxes under the flat tax plan. Some would even receive more credit back then they paid in taxes.

Isn't this just another form of taxing the rich to pay for poor people services? Receive money back? You mean like EIC where these bums get money back even though they didn't pay any taxes?