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flightlesskiwi
11-18-2011, 04:31 PM
http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/17/patriotic-millionaires-demand-higher-taxes-but-unwilling-to-pay-up-video/


November 18, 2011
‘Patriotic millionaires’ demand higher taxes, but unwilling to pay up


WASHINGTON — Two dozen “patriotic millionaires” traveled to the Capitol on Wednesday to demand that Congress raise taxes on wealthy Americans.

The Daily Caller attended their press conference with an iPad, which displayed the Treasury Department’s donation page, to find out if any of the “patriotic millionaires” were willing to put their money where their mouth is.


because suggesting that they just donate to the treasury department is "silly".

trey4sports
11-18-2011, 04:32 PM
lol

georgiaboy
11-18-2011, 04:39 PM
hehe, maybe the Treasury could have a "Rich People who want to pay more taxes" moneybomb! One of our whizzes here can make the website & ticker!

Set the goal for, oh, $1B, $10B, $100B, even $1Trillion dollars!

:D

georgiaboy
11-18-2011, 04:41 PM
I'm starting to like the Daily Caller more and more.

TCE
11-18-2011, 04:43 PM
If they all got together and donated $5,000, there you go. They were already in the same place to begin with.

aGameOfThrones
11-18-2011, 04:46 PM
Millionaires: I want to be force to pay, I don't want do it voluntarily.

Brown Sapper
11-18-2011, 04:54 PM
IDK even if I was millionaire the last people that I would give money to help the US is the Treasury. They one of the ones that got us in whole fucking mess.

ghengis86
11-18-2011, 05:09 PM
Millionaires: I want to be force to pay, I don't want do it voluntarily.

Exactly. Why can't these self-righteous f*#%'s shut their lie-holes and cut a check to the treasury?

And why the hell do all these moronic journalists not call them out on this?!

It's shit like this that makes my head explode.

Pericles
11-18-2011, 09:02 PM
When you are really "rich" you don't have earned income subject to the income tax. The purpose of the income tax is to prevent wealth accumulation by the middle class.

flightlesskiwi
11-18-2011, 09:53 PM
When you are really "rich" you don't have earned income subject to the income tax. The purpose of the income tax is to prevent wealth accumulation by the middle class.

when i was watching this, everything inside of me was screaming "these d-bags won't be paying more income taxes if they get their way and taxes are increased. they are a group of liars and they are vying for the admiration of ignorant people (aka the masses of guilty self-seeking progressives) by using the facade that these hypocrites are willing to 'do their part.'"

lx43
11-18-2011, 10:06 PM
Millionaires: I want to be force to pay, I don't want do it voluntarily.

This!

ZanZibar
11-18-2011, 10:30 PM
That video is friggin hilariously awesome!

ZanZibar
11-18-2011, 10:40 PM
Millionaires: I want to be force to pay, I don't want do it voluntarily.That is a logical fallacy.

matt0611
11-18-2011, 10:44 PM
LMAO, what a bunch of hypocrites.

"We're not paying our fair share so raise my taxes!"
"But you can pay your 'fair share' right here, whatever you think that amount may be"
"I'm not interested."

:rolleyes:

AlexAmore
11-18-2011, 11:27 PM
They benefit from subsidies and bailouts which can only be accompanied by a big well-funded government. They don't want to give money because it's all a ploy to actually cash in.

james1906
11-19-2011, 10:16 AM
If they cared about the sick and needy, the Salvation Army, Red Cross, etc would gladly take an oversized novelty check from one of these 'patriots.'

georgiaboy
11-19-2011, 10:32 AM
Now I'd like to see the millionaires of liberty step up, have a news conference, and turn this on its head somehow.

Not quite sure what that would look like, but a counter-response that shows the benefit of the money staying out of the hands of the gov't and being put to use voluntarily in the market.

klamath
11-19-2011, 11:06 AM
Why does Gates not donate all the money he gives his foundations to the government to dole out? Is he saying he doesn't think the government knows best on how to spend it?

donnay
11-19-2011, 11:20 AM
November 18, 2011
‘Patriotic millionaires’ demand higher taxes, but unwilling to pay up


WASHINGTON — Two dozen “patriotic millionaires” traveled to the Capitol on Wednesday to demand that Congress raise taxes on wealthy Americans.

The Daily Caller attended their press conference with an iPad, which displayed the Treasury Department’s donation page, to find out if any of the “patriotic millionaires” were willing to put their money where their mouth is.

That's not the definition of Patriot! That's the definition of Cognizant dissonance! A Real Patriot knows all taxation is theft!

ninepointfive
11-19-2011, 11:20 AM
Peter Schiff said he'd stop working at a million dollars per year rather than take 30c on the dollar. Can't blame him.

Seraphim
11-19-2011, 12:15 PM
Is it just me or is filthy hypocrisy built into the human genome?

Brian4Liberty
11-19-2011, 12:24 PM
Exactly. Why can't these self-righteous f*#%'s shut their lie-holes and cut a check to the treasury?

And why the hell do all these moronic journalists not call them out on this?!

It's shit like this that makes my head explode.

It's infuriating!


when i was watching this, everything inside of me was screaming "these d-bags won't be paying more income taxes if they get their way and taxes are increased. they are a group of liars and they are vying for the admiration of ignorant people (aka the masses of guilty self-seeking progressives) by using the facade that these hypocrites are willing to 'do their part.'"

What a bunch of hypocritical douche-bags they are! This is the essential nature of socialism. Those who call for donating into the common pot do it purely so that they can control and take from the pot, and then they find a way to get out of paying into it themselves.

NewRightLibertarian
11-19-2011, 12:32 PM
Is it just me or is filthy hypocrisy built into the human genome?

It's a result of the state, IMO. They foster the worst of mankind.

Seraphim
11-19-2011, 12:34 PM
I agree. Yet the State won't go away. Is it just me or are humans genetically predisposed to want authoritarianism?


It's a result of the state, IMO. They foster the worst of mankind.

PaulConventionWV
11-19-2011, 01:38 PM
That is a logical fallacy.

What do you mean by this?