Who should pay the most taxes?

[progressive hunter]

I imply a whole paragraph of stuff by mentioning the Vatican, which is all over everyone's heads judging by the reactions so far.

I may write a book .

I look forward to not reading it,,

 

[1miseryindex]

cut spending by 50-75% and lower taxs on everyone,,


would you put taxs on the lower 50% of earners that pay nothing and in some cases get money back they didnt put in??

No, I would not.

I would cut government spending to pre FDR days and beyond

 

[progressive hunter]

No, I would not.

I would cut government spending to pre FDR days and beyond

but yet you want the people that already pay 95% oif taxs to pay more,,

I think the problem is you not them,,

 

[TNHarley]

so you think taxes are not currently based on someone's opinions.

gotcha

One person?
I think you should be taxed more because you like eating two servings of mac n cheese.

 

[the other mike]

The only way to truly tax the wealthy at this point and make any substantial progress is to go after their capital gains and estates....both of which they've probably already created detours around.

 

[marvin martian]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

Everyone should pay the same share of their income.

 

[Lumpy 1]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

Would you tax farmers, truckers, warehouses, retail distributers etc, .. everything related to food?
.

 

[1miseryindex]

but yet you want the people that already pay 95% oif taxs to pay more,,

I think the problem is you not them,,

Oh brother. If they can afford things they do not need but simply want...

I mean, there is such a thing as unfettered capitalism. why should a poor person.. a homeless person, for example, have to pay $10 plus some ridiculous tax for a hamburger but a wealthy person shouldn' have to pay extra for his not-needed Ferrari?

 

[1miseryindex]

Everyone should pay the same share of their income.

I don't agree. The Catholic Church says to donate what you can afford. Some families give only 2%, some give 10%

I myslef haven't donated in a long time.. partly bc I am not happy with things going on in the Church. I also don't like the way some of their charities help illegals but not Americans (or so it seems. I have not investigated this, but I've seen some things...)

 

[progressive hunter]

Oh brother. If they can afford things they do not need but simply want...

I mean, there is such a thing as unfettered capitalism. why should a poor person.. a homeless person, for example, have to pay $10 plus some ridiculous tax for a hamburger but a wealthy person shouldn' have to pay extra for his not-needed Ferrari?

they do pay extra for their luxury items,,, a lot extra,,,

Luxury tax - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

I guess you didnt get the memo...

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I don't agree. The Catholic Church says to donate what you can afford. Some families give only 2%, some give 10%

I myslef haven't donated in a long time.. partly bc I am not happy with things going on in the Church. I also don't like the way some of their charities help illegals but not Americans (or so it seems. I have not investigated this, but I've seen some things...)

I wont give a red cent to any Catholic charity....The way i see it, i am being forced to pay to the church by felonious means...

Here’s a maddening pandemic fact: Catholic dioceses in the U.S. and other institutions backed by the Roman Catholic Church took more than $3 billion in taxpayer-funded government aid as part of the Paycheck Protection Program, according to an investigation by the Associated Press.

The Catholic Church took more than $3 billion in taxpayer-backed ...​

slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/catholic-church-usd3-billion-taxpayer-back

 

[Meister]

oh please. they don't have money

and who needs a Ferrari? Toyotas probably last longer anyhow

Wow, we have a dick-tater here.

 

[Cougarbear]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

I think we should really begin with why do we pay taxes at all? Well, we want to protect our sovereign nation so we have a military. We all benefit from this and thus we, the government, should pay for it. But, a hammer shouldn't cost $10,000 and a toilet seat $20,000. Corruption causes the price of our military to be as high as it is. Money for the hammers and toilet seats should be used solely for the hammers and toilet seats and for nothing else. Then, they would cost a couple of bucks for a hammer and maybe $20 for the toilet seat.

Then, what else should our government be involved in? There are over 400 Federal Government agencies. Why? How many do we really need and employ? Far less than what we currently pay for. See, the question shouldn't be who should pay the higher taxes. It should be let's only have essential government agencies and pay taxed for those.

Higher taxes always is followed by higher inflation which hurts the ones you think you are helping, the middle class and the poor. You make those who make hammers and toilets pay more in taxes, the cost of those items goes up. Then, taxes have to be raised more because the government is spending more on the hammers and toilets. So, first cut spending by cutting agencies that really aren't essential. Then, decide how much inflation you want to decide how much the rich (who own the businesses) will pay taxes.

 

[Meister]

so you think taxes are not currently based on someone's opinions.

gotcha

how about 10% across the board,? Everybody has skin in the game.
No loopholes

 

[KarlMarxsPitBull]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

Nothing should be "taxed". It should be provided. People shouldn't be punished with fines for doing things just cause you don't like it. That's why people hate government.

 

[KarlMarxsPitBull]

how about 10% across the board,? Everybody has skin in the game.
No loopholes

Or %100 across the board. Everyone still has skin in the game.

 

[progressive hunter]

Or %100 across the board. Everyone still has skin in the game.

that never ends well,, last 100 yrs of attempting it caused millions of deaths,,

 

[merrill]

I think the ones who should pay higher taxes are:

people buying Ferraris
people buying mink coats
people buying lobster every week

and I could go on and on

Food (other than that) should not be taxed. I don't think fast food should be taxed. Cigarettes should be taxed up the nose to keep people from smoking

Those who make the most money.......... it's that simple. Don't want to pay YOUR fair share DON"T make more money ..........

 

[progressive hunter]

Those who make the most money.......... it's that simple. Don't want to pay YOUR fair share DON"T make more money ..........

thats an interesting way of looking at it,,