The flat tax rate proposed by "New alliance" really makes more sense. I know in the end it wouldn't give me that much more money, but the amounts of hoops and jumps one performs to be able to deduct as much as possible is just silly.
I was just talking to one of my elder brothers today, how he actually had an arrangement with his company to lend them a portion of his salary. After 5 years they then repay him, and at that time he can then avoid paying 63% of it (+interests) in tax. Besides that he pays another big bite of his income into his retirement fund, all just to lower his monthly income.
With a flat tax rate, at least it's more desirable for high paid people to work that little more. With the marginal tax rate as it currently is, like the article says, it just makes more sense to take more time off instead.