Should the rich pay more in tax's

Dublin.Rules.89 said:

First off...the rich should not have to pay more tax's just because they are rich. I would go for a flat tax rate that everyone had to pay.

We need to quit acting like its a sin to have the drive and intellegnce to become a billionaire or trillionaire. Bill Maher while not a Billionaire is worth over a 100 million. He also pays when you add everything together over 50% of his income in taxes, that is not counting the charities he spends money on, he had know problem with it and is sick of people acting like he is a bad guys for being rich.

It is not that the rich do not want to pay tax's its that individuals frequently prefer to channel their capital through philanthropy rather than paying higher taxes because it allows them to maintain direct control over how and where their money is spent, rather than letting it get absorbed into broader government budgets.

People like Musk and Gates spend hundreds of million of dollars of healthcare and education.

So lets quit pretending its nothing more than Jealousy when it comes to the rich.

And If I was rich I would do the same thing the men like Gates and Musk do. I would spend my money on things I thought worthwile, because I do not trust the United States Governement know matter who is running it.

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Dublin.Rules.89 said:

First off...the rich should not have to pay more tax's just because they are rich. I would go for a flat tax rate that everyone had to pay.

We need to quit acting like its a sin to have the drive and intellegnce to become a billionaire or trillionaire. Bill Maher while not a Billionaire is worth over a 100 million. He also pays when you add everything together over 50% of his income in taxes, that is not counting the charities he spends money on, he had know problem with it and is sick of people acting like he is a bad guys for being rich.

It is not that the rich do not want to pay tax's its that individuals frequently prefer to channel their capital through philanthropy rather than paying higher taxes because it allows them to maintain direct control over how and where their money is spent, rather than letting it get absorbed into broader government budgets.

People like Musk and Gates spend hundreds of million of dollars of healthcare and education.

So lets quit pretending its nothing more than Jealousy when it comes to the rich.

And If I was rich I would do the same thing the men like Gates and Musk do. I would spend my money on things I thought worthwile, because I do not trust the United States Governement know matter who is running it.

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Dublin.Rules.89 said:

First off...the rich should not have to pay more tax's just because they are rich. I would go for a flat tax rate that everyone had to pay.

We need to quit acting like its a sin to have the drive and intellegnce to become a billionaire or trillionaire. Bill Maher while not a Billionaire is worth over a 100 million. He also pays when you add everything together over 50% of his income in taxes, that is not counting the charities he spends money on, he had know problem with it and is sick of people acting like he is a bad guys for being rich.

It is not that the rich do not want to pay tax's its that individuals frequently prefer to channel their capital through philanthropy rather than paying higher taxes because it allows them to maintain direct control over how and where their money is spent, rather than letting it get absorbed into broader government budgets.

People like Musk and Gates spend hundreds of million of dollars of healthcare and education.

So lets quit pretending its nothing more than Jealousy when it comes to the rich.

And If I was rich I would do the same thing the men like Gates and Musk do. I would spend my money on things I thought worthwile, because I do not trust the United States Governement know matter who is running it.

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Dublin.Rules.89 said:

So because they were smart enough, and driven enough, to become rich, they should pay more than people who are not as smart of not as driven. Guess what I hate to break this to you. But the richest do pay the most.

The Top 1%: This group pays over 38% of all federal income taxes. They pay an average tax rate of roughly 26%.
The Top 10%: This group collectively contributes over 71% of all national income tax revenue.
The Bottom 50%: This group pays about 3% of all federal income taxes, with many individuals owing no income tax at all due to credits and deductions.

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Dublin.Rules.89 said:

So Yarddog what you said is already happening. The reality is most people hate the rich but its not because there not paying there tax's. The rich are paying more tax's. It that you and most othere people are jealous of the rich. It's normal to be envious of others who have more than you. It is also a sin that you need to watch out for. And its alos important to remember that pretending your not Jealous is dangerous as well.

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