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"You make $10 billion a year, you pay a billion; you make $10
year, you pay one. That's pretty damn fair if you ask me,"
Carson said on "Fox News Sunday."
Carson, a former neurosurgeon who announced his presidential
campaign last week, has cast himself as a non-politician and a
problem-solver in an attempt to set himself apart from the
Republican field.
He is a long shot in the race, but his idea of a single,
proportional tax may resonate with conservative evangelical
Christians who believe in tithes and with Americans frustrated
by a complicated tax system.
"I like the idea of a proportional tax - that way you pay
according to your ability," Carson said. "I got that idea quite
frankly from the Bible."
Carson disputed the idea that his plan could hurt the poor,
saying that it is condescending to assume they would not be able
to pay.
"Poor people have pride, too, and they don't want to be just
taken care of," he said, adding that his plan would eliminate
loopholes in the U.S. tax system and make it hard for
politicians to raise taxes.
(Reporting by Elvina Nawaguna; Editing by Larry King)
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