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| Poll Finds Most People OK With Raising Taxes On Other People |
| 2019-01-17 |
| [BabylonBee] U.S.‐In a stunning new poll, Americans indicated they are OK with a 70% marginal tax rate, indicating that since the hefty taxes would only apply to other people and not themselves, they are alright with the extremely high taxes. "See, a lot of people think the proposed 70% tax rate is way too high," said one woman in California. "But what they don't understand is that the 70% is only on really rich people---in other words, not me. Let's crank it up to 90, 100, or 110% even. I don't mind in the slightest." Americans all over the country suggested they are OK with a majority of the people voting to take a minority of the people's money, as long as they are not part of that minority. "I am a very generous person, so I believe everyone else needs to pay their fair share," said Lyle Hartright of Maine. "Everyone that isn't me, I mean." "These are stunning results," said one analyst. "We always believed that Americans were generous, but we never knew how generous. To offer to raise taxes to 70% or more on other people just goes to show how much compassion people have." |
| Posted by:746 |
| #4 Thou shall not covet The original sin of communists, socialists and Democrats. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-01-17 11:53 |
| #3 "We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you!" ---Chilcoot Charlie |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2019-01-17 10:13 |
| #2 There's an old saw about support for the death penalty: "It's not about whether you'd be willing to pull the switch, it's about whether you'd be willing to sit in the chair if you deserve it..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-17 10:04 |
| #1 I said it before and I'll say it again - Other Peoples Money is why we are $20 trillion in debt, EPA, bankrupt pension plans - the whole enchilada. I'm sure somebody here can point to the appropriate biblical verse - Thou shall not covet, perhaps? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-01-17 09:54 |