There is no law saying you can't overpay and/or make a "Gift to the US Government." I wonder why all these millionaires don't take advantage of it.

My taxes are plenty high enough now.

dead: There is no law saying you can't overpay and/or make a "Gift to the US Government." I wonder why all these millionaires don't take advantage of it.

My taxes are plenty high enough now.

Surely, with your taxes being high enough already, we are no longer running annual deficits and carrying $14 Trillion in debt.

dead:
My taxes are plenty high enough now.

If you make more than $100,000 a year your federal taxes are too low.

dead: There is no law saying you can't overpay and/or make a "Gift to the US Government." I wonder why all these millionaires don't take advantage of it.

My taxes are plenty high enough now.

I can gather two things from your post and either one could be true.

Either you're making over a million a year and you're too stupid to hire a good accountant or you're full of shiat. Either way you're an idiot.

Frank Jernigan, a former senior software engineer for Google.

That's my brother's FIL!!!! He's a really great guy :)

dead: There is no law saying you can't overpay and/or make a "Gift to the US Government." I wonder why all these millionaires don't take advantage of it.

My taxes are plenty high enough now.

And the talking point gets in early.

dead: My taxes are plenty high enough now.

Relax. They are talking about millionaires. Not hundredaires.

Why aren't capital gains taxed at the same rate as income tax?

BunkyBrewman: Why aren't capital gains taxed at the same rate as income tax?

Woah! Take it easy on the class warfare talk, buddy!

One of the millionaires suggested that if Norquist wanted low taxes and less government, "Renounce your American citizenship and move to Somalia where they don't collect any tax."

I'll be a millionaire could live like a billionaire there. Even if you include paying for your own security, infrastructure and resources.

FYI: The pre-Bush tax rate on $1,000,000 would be an increase of $36k per year.

ginandbacon: hat's my brother's FIL!!!! He's a really great guy :)

Awesome!

Jackpot777: A gentle reminder: if you live in a State on the right-hand side of this chart...

Look at the per capita income of the states on the left of your list as compared to the income of the states on the right, then STFU and GBTW.

BunkyBrewman: Why aren't capital gains taxed at the same rate as income tax?

they were. reagan raised them (!) in 1986. it was the "new republicans" who slashed them in 1996 and then in 2003.

meaning that the top 400 earners in the US right now - people making $100+ million A YEAR - pay an effective tax rate of somewhere around 17 percent.

well that seems fair!

A: 'millionaire' usually means you have a million in worth, not in income. meaning a bunch of people who don't earn a million a year want to raise taxes on people that do. Not a surprise.

B: For all of the citizens united haters out there, a quandry: If money buys results in Congress, and Republicans are all in the pockets or rich big business types, but those rich big business types want higher taxes on themselves, shouldn't their money have bought them higher personal taxes? Oh no! One of my initial premises must be wrong!

/Not trolling, just pointing shiat out.
//words are important, and reporters are often either not very careful, or intentionally misrepresenting facts.

MorrisBird: ginandbacon: hat's my brother's FIL!!!! He's a really great guy :)

Awesome!

He makes me feel better about the world.

Jackpot777: rezin8: Jackpot777: A gentle reminder: if you live in a State on the right-hand side of this chart...

Look at the per capita income of the states on the left of your list as compared to the income of the states on the right, then the states on the right should STFU and GBTW instead of saying they're 'taxed enough already', boo hoo.

FTFY

I was born and raised in LA, now living in Ohio. I can tell you, it's not as easy as you think. Look at the education rates on your states on the right. Poor, under privileged people with no possible hope.

Oh, before you jump on my shiat, I'm a card carrying republican that's known to be a fiscal conservative. I just know how to pick my battles, and your little list is misleading.

madgonad: rezin8: Jackpot777: A gentle reminder: if you live in a State on the right-hand side of this chart...

Look at the per capita income of the states on the left of your list as compared to the income of the states on the right, then STFU and GBTW.

Income rates shouldn't matter. If incomes are lower in a state then the government should be spending less there for services. The reasons that States are getting more is Pork and depending on the Feds to feed the poor instead of taking care of them at the state level.

Wow... really? Think about this for a second. You're telling me that the reason the state is getting more is Pork? Dude, the RICH states are the ones that are Pork laden... the poor states can't afford to pay off the right people to get the pork.

Genju: dead: There is no law saying you can't overpay and/or make a "Gift to the US Government." I wonder why all these millionaires don't take advantage of it.

My taxes are plenty high enough now.

You can't make a budget plan on unexpected gifts.

Because their current budget plans are all closely tied to expected tax income as it is... That's why we're deficit neutral. Wait...