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So send a check to the Treasury. Nobody is stopping you. You could even organize a bunch of like minded people to send checks to the Treasury. I needed the tax

So send a check to the Treasury. Nobody is stopping you. You could even organize a bunch of like minded people to send checks to the Treasury. I needed the tax cut. If you don’t, you don’t have to keep it. I am a better steward of my money than the government, especially when it comes to saving and investing for my family’s future.

dlp211 9y ago
If you needed the tax cut, you likely didn't get much of a tax cut.
- ryanlol 9y ago
  How can you expect him to afford to keep his ferraris going without the tax cut? Heartless.
megablast 9y ago
> I am a better steward of my money than the government, Really, ok what have you done with your money? How many buses do you run? How many schools, roads, armies?
cycrutchfield 9y ago
This argument is so lazy and seems to crop up every time income tax is discussed. It's perfectly fair to criticize tax policy while also acknowledging that you (and others like you) are paying a lot less than what you should be paying.
- ralusek 9y ago
  Why would that person necessarily acknowledge that? I suspect they don't agree with you. It's not as if there is an objectively correct amount of taxation, the matter is up for debate. To the founders of the country, for example, the federal tax rate in the US as it is today would constitute an obscene violation of their expectations.
  - dlp211 9y ago
    Only if you instantly revived them and never provided them with the details of why we have an income tax. They would also be shocked by the lack of tariffs and other taxes.
    - ralusek 9y ago
      "In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and Philadelphia. James Madison wrote disapprovingly, 'I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.'" Unless you're taxing them federally for provisions outlined in the constitution, I'm inclined to disagree that they wouldn't have a problem with it.
s2g 9y ago
Maybe you did, maybe you're just a greedy asshole who doesn't want to pay for society. Who knows. I certainly didn't need a tax cut. You say you needed a cut, so maybe you did and maybe we should cut your taxes, leave mine alone, and tax raise taxes on people making a lot more.

dlp211 9y ago

If you needed the tax cut, you likely didn't get much of a tax cut.

ryanlol 9y ago
How can you expect him to afford to keep his ferraris going without the tax cut? Heartless.

megablast 9y ago

> I am a better steward of my money than the government, Really, ok what have you done with your money? How many buses do you run? How many schools, roads, armies?

cycrutchfield 9y ago

This argument is so lazy and seems to crop up every time income tax is discussed. It's perfectly fair to criticize tax policy while also acknowledging that you (and others like you) are paying a lot less than what you should be paying.

ralusek 9y ago
Why would that person necessarily acknowledge that? I suspect they don't agree with you. It's not as if there is an objectively correct amount of taxation, the matter is up for debate. To the founders of the country, for example, the federal tax rate in the US as it is today would constitute an obscene violation of their expectations.
- dlp211 9y ago
  Only if you instantly revived them and never provided them with the details of why we have an income tax. They would also be shocked by the lack of tariffs and other taxes.
  - ralusek 9y ago
    "In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and Philadelphia. James Madison wrote disapprovingly, 'I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.'" Unless you're taxing them federally for provisions outlined in the constitution, I'm inclined to disagree that they wouldn't have a problem with it.

s2g 9y ago

Maybe you did, maybe you're just a greedy asshole who doesn't want to pay for society. Who knows. I certainly didn't need a tax cut. You say you needed a cut, so maybe you did and maybe we should cut your taxes, leave mine alone, and tax raise taxes on people making a lot more.