Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

[pearljammer]

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:

Donating to the treasury is not being taxed. Pushing for higher taxes is a very different act than donating to the treasury - one is advocating a genuine change in the way a country is run and the other is little more than a gesture.

Which if you don't make... makes you a hypocirt.  Since by pushing for higher taxes you are saying "we don't need this money the government could use it better".

Except.. while your saying that... your still using that money.  When you could give it to the government.  It's not like the government is running a surplus right now.

It screams "I don't want to help anybody else unless other people are forced too as well."

Not sure if this has already been brought up but I would argue that perhaps, and I stress the word perhaps, they believe that while donating to charity is a more worthwhile and effective action,  progressive taxation aids in collecting from those who do not donate, or donate an insignificant amount of their income.

Donate to charity (which cannot be coerced) would be the ideal situation to them, but when not actively pursued, progressive taxation (can be coerced) acts as the best substitute.

Although I would agree with Rath, going by your judgment here, not donating to the treasury wouldn't necessitate that he'd be a hypocrit.