Yes they CAN©...giveitbackforjobs.org assists wealthy in giving back their Bush/Obama Tax Cuts©

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Amy Lee
[e-mail] | HuffPost Reporting

'Give It Back For Jobs' Helps Affluent Return Tax Cuts

First Posted: 12-30-10 10:36 PM | Updated: 12-30-10 11:19 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/give-it-back-for-jobs_n_802909.html



For affluent Americans outraged by the fiscal and social consequences of tax cuts handed to them by President George W. Bush and recently extended for two more years, a trio of similarly dismayed academics has furnished a way for them to put their money where their mouth is.

Their new website, giveitbackforjobs.org, invites high-income Americans to calculate the value of their tax cut under the extension and then pledge to donate that money directly to charities that the site says encourage "fairness, economic growth, and a vibrant middle class." The site doesn't accept contributions directly, but links users to the charities.

The site has been engineered to offer Americans who view the tax cuts as misguided a means to personally direct dollars toward countering the effects, while also registering a protest for broad policies that have exacerbated economic inequality.

"It's like civil disobedience," said Daniel Markovits, a professor at Yale Law School, and one of the three academics behind the initiative. "You're not committing a crime, but the government says, 'This is what you should give,' and you're saying, 'No, I should give more.'"

[lonestarnot]

1. Wow.

It will be interesting to watch the response there. :D

[FreakinDJ]

2. I rather see Equitable Tax Laws then beg for Hand-Outs

sorry for seeming unappreciative, but some thing is just wrong when the Wealthy Elite can bribe lawmakers to reduce their Tax Burden while the Working Poor and Middle Class is left to beg for Jobs, defend our homes from Foreclosure, and watch our retirement saving raided by insider trading

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. This is more a protest than begging.

Conversely, for the rich person that uses the site, it'll be more a protest than charity.

[dkf]

3. Why isn't the US Government the obvious charity?

Won't donating to other charities just create more tax breaks they won't pony up for? Sorry but this idea stinks.

[Joanne98]

4. 1000+ Charities are SCAMS! They should give it to the government!

[dkf]

6. Well I think that some are worthy, but funding them at the expense of funding the Federal Government

Is counterproductive especially now.