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Progressive dog

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2. Think about what you said

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 10:14 AM

May 2012

Taxes are not voluntary and shouldn't be.
Has there ever been a government financed by voluntary contributions? If there has, it certainly didn't last long.
How does it improve fairness in the tax code to have voluntary contributions from a handful of people? How does it increase government revenue to allow the rich to choose how much tax to pay?
Do I get to choose too?

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On Warren Buffett and Stephen King [View all] babylonsister May 2012 OP

This meme has always bothered me. katsy May 2012 #1

Think about what you said Progressive dog May 2012 #2

Buffett and King give their money to real causes, not throw it into the IRS Black Hole lunatica May 2012 #3

So, why should the rich be forced to give more to a 'black hole' IRS? Zax2me May 2012 #4

I think a large part of it is a black hole lunatica May 2012 #6

Voting and saying things the progressive way get you a long way. Zax2me May 2012 #5

Being wealthy is not evil lunatica May 2012 #7