Flat tax. Stove Forbes ran for U$.$S$.$ president in $1996$ and $2000$ on a platform proposing a $17\%$ flat tax, that is$,$ an income tax that would simply be $17\%$ of each tax paycr's taxable income. Suppose that Alice was single in the year $2020$ with a taxable income or $$30,000$ and that Joe was single in the year $2020$ with a taxable income of $$300,000.$

$2020$ Tax Table for Singles

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