Flat rate UNTIL 300K, then 90% of the excess.
That's a great idea! Let's punish people for their success instead of letting them enjoy the fruits of their hard work. Then we can use the money to provide assistance for the lazy masses. And why stop at income? I only have about 1 acre of property while the greedy farmers and ranchers have hundreds and thousands of acres of land. I don't think that's fair! I don't care if that land has been in their family for generations or that they were able to purchase the land after long hours of toil. I propose that individual's be allowed to own up to 10 acres of land and 75% of any additional acreage be made available for public usage. I know it's not my land and I didn't earn it, but I think I still should be able to have a piece of it. This way resources will be more communal thus bringing us one step closer to communism.

Maybe your kids should get jobs, if they aren't willing to study hard enough to get a merit scholarship!
Better yet, let's do away with minority scholarships and make all scholarships merit based as they should be. Or how about the people on welfare get jobs so the public doesn't have to spend so much money on supporting them. Then the money we save can be put towards making public education cheaper. Grant it, many people on welfare, medicaid, diasability, etc. are deserving. There are thousands that receive aid that are perfectly capable of sustaining themselves though. Increasing taxes to increase handouts won't help the situation. By doing so you take away the incentive of people to actually work.