Should the U.S. raise taxes on the rich?
In 2022 individuals and families with a combined income of $647K or more pay the top US federal Income tax rate of 37%. Countries with higher top income tax rates include Japan (56%), Denmark (55%) and Israel (50%.)
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Response rates from 4.3m America voters.
63% Yes |
36% No |
56% Yes |
28% No |
6% Lower the income tax rate and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations |
3% No, but lower taxes for the poor |
1% Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets |
3% Reform to a flat tax |
1% No, keep the current tax structure |
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Unique answers from America voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
Yes, and close the tax haven loop hole
@8C5GN894yrs4Y
Remove loopholes for the rich and ensure they are unable to use tax shelters.
@8L3YX3B4yrs4Y
Tax according to income. Rich should pay slightly more and adjust for those in lower income.
@TruthHurts1012yrs2Y
“The power to tax involves the power to destroy,” observed Chief Justice John Marshall. “The power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.” He was right – entire civilizations have risen and fallen based on tax rates, and unthinkable economic damage has been wreaked by the wrecking ball called taxation: endless waves of recessions, supply-chain crises, and most notably the Great Depression, the most deadly economic disaster in modern history. This does not apply only in America – the devastating power of taxation has been a constant… Read more
@9D6DM5N1yr1Y
get rid of the loopholes large corporations and billionaires use, but keep the tax rate
@97Z2WVL2yrs2Y
Yes, and close tax loopholes that only benefit the rich
@8J3FG9M4yrs4Y
Simplified tax rates, fewer deductions. Low tax rates overall but the wealthy should not be able to avoid paying a higher percentage than the middle class.
@9F3692S1yr1Y
Tax all income, including capital gains and dividends, at normal income tax rates for wealthy households.
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Should the government raise taxes on the rich?
@VulcanMan61Y
What exactly is the "price" of providing for society..? Is that not the sole purpose of public programs: to provide for the public? Why should it even have a cost, much less to be profitable?
Also, it's pretty hypocritical and ironic that you hate other people for being statists while you proclaim to dogmatically founding your entire ideology around what are literally state documents and the Christian version of sharia law...
@TruthHurts1011Y
What if murder became advantageous? Do you release Hitler did the Holocaust to perpetuate evolution, for the benefit of the species. Evolution creates EVIL things like that.
@VulcanMan61Y
If you think murder is advantageous, then you would commit murder, which is exactly what some people do...that's why it is subjective. If morals were objective, as you keep suggesting, then everyone would think the same things, but obviously they don't.
Secondly, what Hitler did was called "eugenics", which is quite literally described as: "the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable. Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, euge… Read more
@VulcanMan6
is winning the debate
Biden Blames The Immigration Crisis On Trump
@AmiableRadical10MO
On August 16, 2020, Joe Biden tweeted: “Here’s my promise to you: If I’m elected president, I will always choose to unite rather than divide. I’ll take responsibility instead of blaming others. I’ll never forget that the job isn’t about me — it’s about you.”
The immigration problem is entirely Biden’s fault. He invited migrants to come here. He said: “If you’re fleeing oppression, you should come." He opened the border. He has flagrantly failed to enforce US immigration law. He has failed to assume responsibility for his many failures. Blaming Trump is laughable. But laughable would describe the Biden administration.
@OpulentActiv1st10MO
I'd change that slightly: "The border bill was a sham, intended to turn an illegal tsunami into a legal tidal waves of humanity." It would have actually made it virtually impossible to ever control the border.
@AmiableRadical10MO
It strikes me as ludicrous that he wants to rush tens of billions of dollars overseas while we have a crisis on our own border of his making.
@OriginalM4jority11MO
She is far from perfect, but I agree she is the best of this lot. She was well liked in SC and has foreign policy experience. She has my vote even though she is more conservative on social issues than I am.
@BicameralBert11MO
How do you feel about her stance on social media platforms requiring verified identities, considering this would clearly violate the First Amendment?
@OriginalM4jority11MO
I don’t care. We need to end with the Trump- Biden clowns.
@VulcanMan61Y
Actually, no, capitalism does not drive innovation, and if anything, capitalism stifles innovation. Capitalism's private ownership fundamentally excludes society's resources, production, knowledge, wealth, etc. away from the public and into the hands of a few private interests for the sake of their own personal gain. This is, at its core, not a good system for society as a whole. By structurally withholding these things from the rest of society, only accessible via the prerequisite of money/capital, functionally stifles the ability, drive, and/or the benefits for the vast majority of people to innovate. Think of how much moreRead more
@OilBart1Y
Interesting points! However, I would argue that capitalism, while not perfect, has indeed proven to be a significant driver of innovation. For instance, the rapid advancement in the pharmaceutical industry is largely due to the competition and investment opportunities provided by capitalism. Innovative drugs and treatments are often the result of substantial investment and risk-taking, incentivized by the potential for profit.
Moreover, the concept of intellectual property, a cornerstone of capitalism, protects innovators, encouraging them to invest time and resources into developing new idea… Read more
@VulcanMan61Y
The most significant driver of innovation is simply the desire to make life better/easier. Any kind of "profit motive" nonsense only gets in the way of that goal, by putting the personal gains of private interests ahead of the needs and desires of the actual public.
Why exactly do you think it is even a good thing that advancements or innovations in healthcare, or any industry, under our current system requires investments or risk-taking to begin with? Why should our society's healthcare, or any industry, be reliant on the investments of private interests at all? Our economy should notRead more
@OilBart
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