No New Taxes! If 10 percent is good enough for Jesus it is certainly good enough for Uncle Sam. I think we should have a flat tax of 10 percent (local, state, federal combined). If we did this then we would truly cut out governmental waste and the government would only spend tax money on the necessary things - like national defense, law enforcement, etc. Let the people decide how to spend the other 90 percent of their own money. Then we would have freedom, liberty, and the ability to persue happiness.