CTLawyer > flat tax
Me too. But it is not a religion. It depends on how honest/corrupt politicians are. Taxing could be a good policy or it could be an earmark to favorites. I just posted in daf yomi Yoma 9 that it seems like Rabbis are giving bakers tax exemptions to compensate for executive branch price controls. There is a similar idea in Bava Basra that butchers are allowed to form a union – and enforce it by slashing stuff – but only if there is no talmid haham in town. If there is one, you should ask him to establish a fair system. That is, if we trust government, then we want them to use various instruments. Generally, an American idea seems to be not to trust government, thus flat tax is generally preferable.