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>why would it matter if there was an official change to the tax code or not? To ensure everyone does it. Are you suggesting no rich people should support high

>why would it matter if there was an official change to the tax code or not? To ensure everyone does it. Are you suggesting no rich people should support higher taxes unless they volunteer more tax money now? Or what exactly is your point here other than a "ha ha, gotcha!"?

ericmay 7y ago
> Are you suggesting no rich people should support higher taxes unless they volunteer more tax money now? My ire is more directed at billionaires who do such things as publicity stunts as they lobby to lower taxes - especially for their corporations, but essentially, yes. Nobody forces people to use loopholes to lower their tax rates or take deductions, or use a variety of different methods to lower their tax burdens. If they think taxes should be higher on themselves, why do they need to wait until the government raises the tax rate? * I pay $100,000 in taxes but I think I should be paying $200,000 because I'm altruistic (more likely you want to be well-liked and seem like a good person) * Here is a link to pay an extra $100,000 in taxes * ??? I'm not sure how that's a "gotcha". If you say you believe in it, what's stopping you?
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- gmadsen 7y ago
  I don't think the argument is that a rich individual should pay more in taxes to feel personally more altruistic. There is specific policy that can only be enacted if all wealthy people pay more in taxes, such as medicare for all, or even getting rid of the deficit. A single rich contributor does literally nothing to change policy when they volunteer extra in taxes
  - ericmay 7y ago
    So then say “I support Medicare for all” not “I don’t pay enough taxes”. If you’re wealthy enough you can just pay for health insurance for a select number of people while protecting your wealth. There are a lot of things you can do that are not “complain but do nothing”.
    - OGWhales 7y ago
      This is such a ridiculous argument that I don't know how to respond it to other than to say stop gatekeeping the act of advocating for higher taxes on the wealthy. They may have many things they wish to see done that require far higher taxes than they could single handled afford. Why do you care what their motivation for doing this is? The more people advocating it for it the better, at least in my opinion. Even the posers who do it only to stroke their own ego may accidentally get higher taxes for themselves if they keep this up.
      - ericmay 7y ago
        Alright. It seems that you are getting agitated and I'm not sure what about. I made the points I wanted to make, so I'll leave them at that. Saying that I'm gatekeeping is baffling.

ericmay 7y ago

> Are you suggesting no rich people should support higher taxes unless they volunteer more tax money now? My ire is more directed at billionaires who do such things as publicity stunts as they lobby to lower taxes - especially for their corporations, but essentially, yes. Nobody forces people to use loopholes to lower their tax rates or take deductions, or use a variety of different methods to lower their tax burdens. If they think taxes should be higher on themselves, why do they need to wait until the government raises the tax rate? * I pay $100,000 in taxes but I think I should be paying $200,000 because I'm altruistic (more likely you want to be well-liked and seem like a good person) * Here is a link to pay an extra $100,000 in taxes * ??? I'm not sure how that's a "gotcha". If you say you believe in it, what's stopping you?

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gmadsen 7y ago
I don't think the argument is that a rich individual should pay more in taxes to feel personally more altruistic. There is specific policy that can only be enacted if all wealthy people pay more in taxes, such as medicare for all, or even getting rid of the deficit. A single rich contributor does literally nothing to change policy when they volunteer extra in taxes
- ericmay 7y ago
  So then say “I support Medicare for all” not “I don’t pay enough taxes”. If you’re wealthy enough you can just pay for health insurance for a select number of people while protecting your wealth. There are a lot of things you can do that are not “complain but do nothing”.
  - OGWhales 7y ago
    This is such a ridiculous argument that I don't know how to respond it to other than to say stop gatekeeping the act of advocating for higher taxes on the wealthy. They may have many things they wish to see done that require far higher taxes than they could single handled afford. Why do you care what their motivation for doing this is? The more people advocating it for it the better, at least in my opinion. Even the posers who do it only to stroke their own ego may accidentally get higher taxes for themselves if they keep this up.
    - ericmay 7y ago
      Alright. It seems that you are getting agitated and I'm not sure what about. I made the points I wanted to make, so I'll leave them at that. Saying that I'm gatekeeping is baffling.