I agree to raise taxes to any rate you want, as long as they are voluntary. If income taxes were voluntary, I would not care how high they were.
You show me a “rich” person who says he has no problem with paying higher taxes, and who is voluntarily paying higher taxes.
You might not be aware of this tax fact, but it is perfectly legal to pay more taxes than you owe. In fact the the heading “How Do You Make a Gift to Reduce the Debt Held by the Public?” It even goes on to say the such gifts may be tax deductible in the following year!
When somebody says they want higher taxes, they are either being hypocritical, disingenuous, or lying unless they are making such voluntary contributions.
Rich liberals take note: if you are one who makes such a claim, put your money where your mouth is and step up to the plate with your voluntary contributions.
If income taxes where to be made voluntary, what would happen? Would all those who are calling for them to be higher pay them? For some reason I am skeptical.
The main reason for calling for higher taxes is the belief that somehow it is the other guy who will have to pay them.
Yeah, let’s raise taxes as much as the most rabid liberals calls for. Make them 92% or 98%. But only if they are voluntary.