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Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

  • Yes, across the board.

    Votes: 10 15.4%
  • Yes, for infrastructure.

    Votes: 27 41.5%
  • Yes, for education. (K-12)

    Votes: 18 27.7%
  • Yes, for job creation.

    Votes: 16 24.6%
  • Yes, for social programs.

    Votes: 15 23.1%
  • Yes, for medical care.

    Votes: 21 32.3%
  • Yes, for the environment.

    Votes: 16 24.6%
  • Yes, but... not for some particular programs (please elaborate).

    Votes: 8 12.3%
  • No. None. Not for anything at all.

    Votes: 23 35.4%
  • Undecided. Convince me either way.

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Total voters
    65
Were you not the same poster who last year posted about getting far more in return from the federal government in a refund than you ever paid in taxes?

Hell no! :rofl

I've cut a check to the IRS every year that I've been in busines for myself.

I'm self employed. There's no such thing as a refund for me.

A refund! :lamo
 
Why should I work 4 months out of the year for free?

It's your duty as a good Socialist. Be glad they onyl want you work four months for free and not twelve. :rofl
 
I didn't read through this topic and maybe this has been asked already......why isn't "yes, for the debt" an option?

It's part of the reason I missed this at first. I don't generally check this section as the option I would pick is rarely an option.
 
Why should I work 4 months out of the year for free?

So that you can live in a society that has a healthy and well-educated work force, an infrastructure to support the movement of labor and goods from one part of the country to another, and a police/military/court system that enforces contracts and protects you...among other things. All of these things are partially responsible for whatever level of success you enjoy. No one is solely responsible for all of his success in life; if you were born a poor farmer in Zambia it's highly unlikely that you would be able to be successful no matter how talented or hardworking you are.
 
Says a lot. IMO.
About what? That I don't share the same priorities? Probably. As wonderful as I think paying down the debt would be, I don't see it happening anytime soon, so my line of thinking kept the options in the real world regarding what possibly might actually happen and not the fantasies in our heads.
 
So that you can live in a society that has a healthy and well-educated work force, an infrastructure to support the movement of labor and goods from one part of the country to another, and a police/military/court system that enforces contracts and protects you...among other things. All of these things are partially responsible for whatever level of success you enjoy. No one is solely responsible for all of his success in life; if you were born a poor farmer in Zambia it's highly unlikely that you would be able to be successful no matter how talented or hardworking you are.
Then why aren't the poor contributing to the society they live in as well? Success shouldn't be punished so that the government can piss away more money. I'm sick of people supporting the government's leeching of resources from people who actually ******g work.
 
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About what? That I don't share the same priorities? Probably. As wonderful as I think paying down the debt would be, I don't see it happening anytime soon, so my line of thinking kept the options in the real world regarding what possibly might actually happen and not the fantasies in our heads.

Polls are pretty worthless if they are based and set up based only upon ones belief.
 
Then why aren't the poor contributing to the society they live in as well?

Because they're busy scraping out an existence for themselves on whatever money they have?

Success shouldn't be punished so that the government can piss away more money. Taxes are simply another form of servitude.

Success is hardly punished in this country. Those at the top of the income ladder command a higher percentage of America's income than in any other developed country. Furthermore, your success is rewarded because even with the additional taxes you pay on additional income, you still come out ahead.

It's very difficult to look at our tax code and conclude that the successful are punished. They earn more money (even after taxes), they can spend their money on whatever they want to spend it on, they can start businesses or charities with very few restrictions. And in fact if they feel like they are being "punished" there is nothing stopping them from simply producing less in the future. The fact that many people at the very top of our income ladders choose NOT to do this indicates to me that they don't feel punished, and it's not about the money for them. What drives a CEO or a movie star or a professional athlete to work long hours, year after year? Certainly not lack of money; I think they just enjoy what they are doing. If they felt like they were being "punished" then maybe they would stop. But in most cases they don't.
 
If you want to pay higher taxes what is stopping you? Just make your check out to the US Treasury. Why should everyone else have to pay higher taxes just because you want to?

nah I want you to make out a check...:p
 
Polls are pretty worthless if they are based and set up based only upon ones belief.
Are you saying that you're actually gullible enough to believe the polls on this site are, or should be, somehow scientific and/or all-inclusive? Wow.

No, they are intended, along with the discussion in the thread itself, to gauge somewhat overall opinion and foster discussion. Nothing more, nothing less. If one possible answer was omitted, people are free to add it in the discussion, which they have. It should be obvious at this point that debt payment is an important factor to many people. Nothing wrong with that. Hence, the poll and the thread have served their purpose.
 
Are you saying that you're actually gullible enough to believe the polls on this site are, or should be, somehow scientific and/or all-inclusive? Wow.

No, I stated what I thought of them.
 
Were you paying income taxes in 1900?

Were you paying income taxes in 1925?

Anyone has the right to talk to you about taxation as national public policy. You cannot tell them not to talk to you about that issue and expect anything but defiance and ignoring your demands.

Yawn, its time to end the parasitic attitude that the rich somehow have a duty to take care of those who do not bother to take care of themselves
 
Many here have mentioned tax paying status as a criteria, but a few have also mentioned property owning status. This begs the question...

Why is owning property still considered so important?

Yes, "back in the day", the fact that property owners were pretty much (but not exclusively) the sole financial supporters of government aside, it was also property owners who provided stability to society. I would argue that, while that is still the case to a degree, it is not near the same factor that it once was. Today, there are many varying factors that would compel a person or couple to not own property. Things like a constantly mobile lifestyle due to their career(s), them being better at saving for retirement through investing rather than home ownership, and many other possibilities.

Point being that a non-property owner could just as easily still be a productive member of society in today's world as a property owner.
 
Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

You can vote for more than one.

I am willing to pay for medical care, social programs, and infrastructure.
 
Yawn, its time to end the parasitic attitude that the rich somehow have a duty to take care of those who do not bother to take care of themselves

You didn't take care of yourself. Your entire life, you've used public infrastructure to get where you need to go and to get the goods/services you need. If you're like most people, you probably attended a public school at some point in your life. If you've hired any workers, you've benefited from THEIR education, most of whom probably attended a public school at some point in their life. If you're like most people, you parked at least some of your money (especially when you were first starting out) in a federally-insured bank which instilled some modicum of confidence in the financial system. You've benefited (either directly or indirectly) from federal health initiatives. You've benefited more than most people from federal agents with big guns who protect your property and enforce your contracts.

The idea that you "took care of yourself" with no help from the taxpayers is bull****. If you disagree, imagine that you had been born in poverty in a rural village in Sub-Saharan Africa. Do you think you would have enjoyed any of the success that you have? Or would you be struggling to eke out a subsistence existence like everyone else in your village?
 
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Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?...

To answer that question, let's ask what do we need most out of government?:

To protect our individual rights.
To provide needed infrastructure (roads, etc.).
To stop meddling into our business at home.
To stop meddling abroad.
To eliminate programs and departments government should not be doing.

Considering that the taxes we all pay are far more than what is needed for legitimate govt. functions, WE SHOULD REDUCE TAXES AND REVENUE UNTIL ALL WASTE AND ABUSE IS ELIMINATED.
 
Considering that the taxes we all pay are far more than what is needed for legitimate govt. functions, WE SHOULD REDUCE TAXES AND REVENUE UNTIL ALL WASTE AND ABUSE IS ELIMINATED.

What would lower taxes and lack of revenue do to slow or stop waste and abuse?
 
I am willing to pay more for my goods that are made in the usa or the uk than buy from china.

kind regards to you all

mikeey
 
I am willing to pay more for my goods that are made in the usa or the uk than buy from china.

kind regards to you all

mikeey

I have always been a proponent of a "human rights tariff" to equalize the price of goods made in countries with poor labor rights to bring them more in line with countries that do.
 
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