Favorite headline of the day, from the Washington Post:

"U.S. Administrator Imposes Flat Tax System on Iraq"

First, only the Post (and perhaps the LA Times, NY Times, and Boston Globe) would use the verb "imposes" in connection with a flat tax. A flat 15% income tax rate is an imposition? "Imposes" seems to suggest "against their will." Wouldn't the headline be better: "U.S. Administrator Awards Flat Tax System to Iraq?"

Second, what does it say that Iraq gets the flat tax before the US does? Next thing you know, Baghdad will be an "enterprise zone" ahead of Washington, DC.