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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
cpwill said:
bingo. though if this happens, I want to be allowed to save tax free (I like Romney's idea of no capital gains for those under 500,000) so that I can more easily make up for the loss.

I would be willing to pay slightly higher effective taxes in order to pay lower nominal taxes that would reduce tax code complexity and help the economy boom. Likely I (speaking on behalf of taxpayers) would make up the difference through increased opportunity and pay.
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I honestly think we should have a progressive system for capital gains and dividends.
Under $50k a year in total income, 0% tax rate.

We'll make capitalists out of them!
 
In a world where the budget is balanced and government spending isn't wasteful, and the government decides the nation's infrastructure needs some modernization, and will need extra funding for that modernization, I'd be willing to pay more in taxes. Right now, with all of the inefficiencies and waste in the budget, I think there is as much to be gained by the government finding ways to save money as there is raising taxes.
 
Im willing to pay more taxs if it makes Turtledude, harry guerrilla and cpwill pay more with me ;)
 
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?
 
Currently not counting medicare, SSI, state, etc I pay 15%. That is roughly $7500 a year. I would be willing to take another 3% hit ($1500) if it meant across the board the nation got a little better.
 
Not willing to pay another tax rate for spending to increase. IF, and obviously this is the biggest if of all time, the government reigned in frivolous and excessive spending across the board then more taxes wouldn't be necessary. To explain, social, military, and enforcement programs are extremely good at wasting money, they are the professionals of spend thrift accounting, my constitutionalist stance says to get rid of social spending that is not an enumerated power of the federal government and concentrate on a lean budget for infrrastructure as a state commerce investment and military as a duty charged to governmnet, however my economic lean tells me that shocking the system and eliminating social spending immediately will devestate the economy. In theory all spending should be immediately audited and the fat should be cut, in the instance that would happen and the federal became accountable I would gladly pay a bit more in taxes to reduce the deficit with a specific target of about 10-20 years being stated.
 
There is no option for those of us who pay nothing, and like it.
 
Before I could even think of agreeing to higher taxes, I would have to see much more efficient, responsible, and accountable use of the money that government already takes in.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
Before I could even think of agreeing to higher taxes, I would have to see much more efficient, responsible, and accountable use of the money that government already takes in.
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Exactly, even with military spending. I brought this up before but I'll do so again, D.C. replaces M16 models that are great with sub-par M16 variants with no stopping power that jam because a liberal senator on the defense committee had a husband paid to lobby for Colt, the stealth boat, etc. while we have to worry that a great weapon like the M1 Abrams may or may not suffer the same fate as the Stealth bomber, stealth fighter, and F22 Raptor because an idiot in Washington makes the decisions instead of informed military personnel, all the while they waste trillions of dollars on unconstitutional programs simply because they can get away with it.
 
I'm unwilling to pay higher taxes, I don't want to encourage more government overspending by giving them more money.
 
No more taxes. The country is far better off with my money in my pocket. I can do a much better job of keeping the economy going than the government can.
 
All I can say is that everybody gets to learn from my body parts. I hope people can and will learn the most from them.
 
apdst said:
No more taxes. The country is far better off with my money in my pocket. I can do a much better job of keeping the economy going than the government can.
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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?
 
TurtleDude said:
Most of us who do make more than you are being gamed by the system where those who pay almost nothing or nothing have more votes than those of us who pay outrageously high tax dollars
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You are not being gamed because you and the rest of the top 1% have less of a vote than 50% of the country. Sorry. You are also not paying outrageously high taxes. And you could probably game the system if you wanted (/aren't already). 2% of your poor oppressed comrades do it, including many of those far wealthier than you.
 
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Krhazy said:
You are not being gamed because you and the rest of the top 1% have less of a vote than 50% of the country. Sorry. You are also not paying outrageously high taxes. And you could probably game the system if you wanted (/aren't already). 2% of your poor oppressed comrades do it, including many of those far wealthier than you.
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I love those who don't pay hundreds of thousands in taxes having the audacity to tell those of us who do that we aren't paying too many taxes. You have no standing or credibility on this issue
 
radcen said:
Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

You can vote for more than one.
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I assume you are talking about federal taxes and will respond accordingly.

I am willing to pay higher taxes to pay down the federal debt.

The additional tax money should not go to pay for infrastructure, education, job creation, social programs, medical care, or the environment, as these are not legitimate federal activities. The states reserved these powers to themselves and forbid the federation to meddle in these areas.
 
TurtleDude said:
I love those who don't pay hundreds of thousands in taxes having the audacity to tell those of us who do that we aren't paying too many taxes. You have no standing or credibility on this issue
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your tax rate is the lowest its every been, except during a short & failed period under Reagan.
 
Thunder said:
your tax rate is the lowest its every been, except during a short & failed period under Reagan.
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you are again lying. what was the effective rate in 1925?

In 1900

My rate was lower when I was a kid-I wasn't making a couple million a year and you -never having the sort of success I have had-have no clue about EFFECTIVE TAX RATES

if you aren't paying 300K or more in federal income taxes you have no standing to even talk to me about what I am paying.
 
TurtleDude said:
you are again lying. what was the effective rate in 1925?

In 1900

My rate was lower when I was a kid-I wasn't making a couple million a year and you -never having the sort of success I have had-have no clue about EFFECTIVE TAX RATES

if you aren't paying 300K or more in federal income taxes you have no standing to even talk to me about what I am paying.
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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.
 
My dad used to say, "God! I hope I have to be $50,000 in income tax next year." That's how he figured. I've always liked that thought process. (P.S., he never got his wish.)
 
TurtleDude said:
I love those who don't pay hundreds of thousands in taxes having the audacity to tell those of us who do that we aren't paying too many taxes. You have no standing or credibility on this issue
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Don't assume you know how much I pay in taxes. If it were possible for me and my partner to file jointly under federal law we would pay at the 35% rate. I know exactly what the tax burden on the top 1% feels like.

I love the audacity of you telling us what it is like to be poor, though. You actually have no standing or credibility on that issue.
 
MaggieD said:
My dad used to say, "God! I hope I have to be $50,000 in income tax next year." That's how he figured. I've always liked that thought process. (P.S., he never got his wish.)
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I imagine lots of folks would like to write the IRS a nice big fat check like your dad. Makes sense to me when you figure out what you keep on your end.
 
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