"Elected leaders must tax us, the super rich. We'd be proud to pay more."
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#2Easy to say when you have a foundation that holds all your wealth and you only pay marginal income taxes. That's pure marketing. Anarcho-capitalism is a better idea.
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#3Where's the list of the super rich that wants to be taxed more? Wouldn't this online form be filled mostly by average Joes? The "Yes, I am signing as a person of wealth" checkbox doesn't inspire much confidence
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#5Kind of weird to hear it when the super wealth could be paying way more taxes if they wished right now.
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#6Put up, or shut up.
If you want to pay more, the fucking pay more, you are free to give the IRS more. I don’t understand why anyone, ever, would be in favor of more or higher compulsory taxes.
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#7Honestly, I think we need an entirely different way of looking at "taxes". We need to find a way to calculate the externalities of a company and charge that as taxes.
I don't have a magic way to do that, nor am I convinced it is possible.
But I think that is the bare minimum we can agree government and regulations are for, to prevent and compensate for us hurting each other. Especially in ways that are hard for individuals to handle.
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#8Just a friendly reminder - for Americans that think your taxes are too low, you can make a "gift to reduce the public debt" here:
Re: "Elected leaders must tax us, the super rich. We'd be proud to pay more."
#9Put up, or shut up. If you want to pay more, the fucking pay more, you are free to give the IRS more. I don’t understand why anyone, ever, would be in favor of more or higher compulsory taxes.
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#10Where's the list of the super rich that wants to be taxed more? Wouldn't this online form be filled mostly by average Joes? The "Yes, I am signing as a person of wealth" checkbox doesn't inspire much confidence
There's a hotlink at the bottom where it says "the undersigned."