Millionaires on Capitol Hill: Please tax me more!

http://news.yahoo.com/millionaire...30131.html

"Lobbyists for a day, a band of millionaires stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge Congress to tax them more."

Quite interesting...

"If you think the federal government can spend your money better than you can, then by all means" pay more in taxes than you owe, said Grover Norquist, of Americans for Tax Reform, a group that has gotten almost all congressional Republicans to pledge to vote against tax hikes. The IRS should have a little line on the form where people can donate money to the government, he suggested, "just like the tip line on a restaurant receipt."

"One of the millionaires suggested that if Norquist wanted low taxes and less government, 'Renounce your American citizenship and move to Somalia where they don't collect any tax.'"

Wasnt there a report that if we taxed all "rich" people at 100% over 200k, it wouldnt even dent the yearly deficit? Much less the rest of the bloated budget, and we all know that the politicians would spend it as soon as it came in and we'd be stuck at the starting line all over again.

Someone needs to give them the address for the IRS. They take checks, folks.

Somalia, a Libertarian's wet dream.

Anyone can, at any time, give money to the federal government:

http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/more...gifts.html

Quote : "I'm with the Patriotic Millionaires and we want to pay more in taxes," he told her.

Way to make a veiled insult that people who don't want to pay taxes are unpatriotic.

Who wants to bet that deep down buried in the fine print, they'll pay for higher taxes in one instance, while getting new tax reductions or adding new loopholes somewhere else in their income, or for their businesses? More smoke and mirrors, rich people dont stay rich by giving away money just for the hell of it.

Quote from Dr. J : Anyone can, at any time, give money to the federal government: http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/more...gifts.html

I'd like to know how many of these insane millionaires have used that form. Talk with you feet guys.

Quote from 403forbidden : Somalia, a Libertarian's wet dream.

Would you say the period preceding the relative anarchy in Somalia was a 'statist's wet dream'?

Quote from MISHNAH : Wasnt there a report that if we taxed all "rich" people at 100% over 200k, it wouldnt even dent the yearly deficit?

Really? Someone lied? I am shocked!

Look, this claim is in serious variance with this other claim that 1% of people pay about 50% of all the taxes.

Or look at this from the opposite direction: if x% of people pay 50% of taxes, then 50% of any deficit or debt if rectified in the future must come from that x%.

The super rich should stop this incessant whining. It is kinda sickening/nauseating.

Quote from Dr. J : Anyone can, at any time, give money to the federal government: http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/more...gifts.html

Do the Republicans/Teabaggers who complain about Medicare/SS/entitlements refuse to accept them?

Do tell.

Quote from Dr. J : Anyone can, at any time, give money to the federal government: http://www.fms.treas.gov/faq/more...gifts.html

Yeah, I was about to say that. Apparently, those millionaires aren't too bright.

Quote from TRNT : Do the Republicans/Teabaggers who complain about Medicare/SS/entitlements refuse to accept them? Do tell.

Its hardly an entitlement when the govt has taken money out of your paycheck your entire life and blew it all on coke and strippers. Actually taking care of the piggy bank and updating retirement ages along the way would have prevented this.

Quote : Or look at this from the opposite direction: if x% of people pay 50% of taxes, then 50% of any deficit or debt if rectified in the future must come from that x%. The super rich should stop this incessant whining. It is kinda sickening/nauseating.

And if Y% of people receive 50% of benefits and pay nothing, then in the future we can take their benefits away in order to rectify the debt, yay! Fair is fair, right??

The super poor and lazy should stop this incessant whining and get a job and do something with their lives. Their lack of motivation is sickening/nauseating to the rest of us who work.

Quote from TRNT : Do the Republicans/Teabaggers who complain about Medicare/SS/entitlements refuse to accept them? Do tell.

Does the government show up with a gun and make you pay into the programs? Do tell.

Ron Paul does not participate in the federal pension plan.

http://paul.house.gov/index.php?o...&Itemid=28