That’s what smart people do, forfeit a billion dollars when they don’t legally have to. (Sarcasm)
The tax laws are written as they are, if you don’t like them then change them. I would not blame someone for doing something I would also do if I were in his position.
And for all the limousine liberals who whine about taxing the rich, they don’t need to wait for a law to pay more. If they really want to pay more (and they don’t), they can write a check to the Treasury, but they won’t and we all know that.
Did you watch the debates? Kaine practically loled his way through Trumps debacles for the entire 90 minutes. The fact that hes a a left wing statist was made entirely irrelevant due to the fact that he could so easily jump from any position to another of Trumps rediculous comments.
I honestly believe everytime Pence laughed at Kaines comments he was secretly laughing at the fact that he was somehow conned into going up and supporting that buffoon.
Unless Congress changes the tax code, and we all know there is a better chance of Earth falling out of orbit before that happens, it’s all just oral gas.
That didn’t answer my question. Should populists do the same thing as limousine liberals - i.e., ignore the tax law requirements and pay in (more) according to the dictates of the politics they espouse?
Prefer? Flatter, but not flat, some progressivism is good. But I’d like to see the tax base broadened, too, so maybe paired with some consumption tax that acts as an offset (and therefore reduction) in the income tax.
What you are describing is not equal. Paying more (by choice) than you are legally required to is legal. Paying less than you are legally required to is not. You are asking me if someone should break the law, I would say no.
I think not voting is the rational thing to do. Your last paragraph explains the reason pretty well. I still don’t understand voting for a third party, if you have faith in the system. You have no idea what any of these people will do, but a brief study of history will probably indicate that the answer is: Nothing good.
Like Maximus said, voting for a third party seems to be a “feel-good” action(especially for those with extraordinarily strong faith, or hope, in the system); and there’s nothing wrong with the dog that keeps returning to the boot that kicked him.
Is the problem for most really that they fall “too much in the middle” of the Democrat and Republican parties?
Agreed, a complete flat tax is just not in my opinion sustainable for a long term capitalist society. I would expect the wealth gap to eventually lead to upheaval. A flatter tax rate is definitely needed though, particularly at the lower brackets.
I would also like to see a low, but progressive tax rate on capitol gains, not in the effort to force a fair share out of the 1% but more to encourage investment from the middle class. If they weren’t so consumption driven then I don’t think we would be dealing with the wealth gap we have.
Has anyone come across info that explains Trumps net worth? This latest thing about his 1995 tax loss and how he hasn’t paid taxes doesn’t match up on the numbers because there are so many unknowns. I know its much more complex than this but basically if you have a 900m loss that can offset 900m of income in the future. But that only explains not paying taxes on 900m of his net worth which is much larger.
Not voting is irrational in the sense that your vote will not change in any way shape or form the governments impact on your life, this applies to literally anyone that votes whether it be for Trump, HRC, or 3rd party. Nobody that goes to the ballot box and casts their vote is consequentially impacting the result on their existence.
It does take a small degree of faith in the system to assume that you can spend your time to go vote for a 3rd party so that a mainstream party will next election recognize your vote and try to gain it by aligning more closely with 3rd parties views.
There are some minor benefits to voting 3rd party but most is long term change in the system, if you want immediate change then yes its a waste of time.
A better and simpler answer this time around is, Trump is going to lose anyone who votes for him is just a waste of vote as a 3rd party, he is the feel good vote for anyone unhappy with the last 8 years.
Yes that is an important one I was kind of thinking about couldn’t put it in words. The two party system isn’t really going away because they can easily adapt to what they think will get 51%. Losing votes to a 3rd party makes them shift that direction so it doesn’t keep happening.
Anyways, this election is most important for 3rd party because the other choices are hated so much there is a better chance of getting the minimum % to get them more attention in 2020. In past elections this opportunity wasn’t really there which is why your hearing about it more now.
Why did Libertarians put up Johnson as their candidate ? I know more people would be open to that that platform but that guy is making a bad case for pot being harmless. He must be smoking that shag weed that Pittbull is smoking.
He has a picture of the prophet Muhammad performing anal sex on a pig as his avatar and his only appearance in this thread is to criticize the nominee who wants to ban Muslims