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Sorry Matt you fool - you can write a check to the US Treasury anytime you want. Send them your millions and the US Government will put it to good use helping the victims. Myself, I would rather do it through my local community and my church - they don't strip off that huge overhead on the top like the Feds. Nor do I want someone in the District of Corruption deciding who gets what.

Exactly. If Matt Damon finds himself aggrieved over the amount of tax he pays to the feds, all he needs to do is to declare a far higher amount of taxable income, and pay tax on that amount. For instance, if his taxable income this year is $50 million, let him declare $150 million as his taxable income instead, and pay his tax accordingly.

However, the fact that this strategem evidently has not occurred to Mr. Damon causes me to think that he's not nearly the intellectual powerhouse he asks us to believe that he is. Same with Warren Buffett. You'd think that somebody with the reputation for common sense and intelligence Mr. Buffett has would have no trouble whatsoever coming up with this very simple method of assessing higher taxes on himself.

Unless, of course...Messrs. Damon and Buffett really don't believe what they're saying at all, insofar as it concerns them and their actions. Perhaps they both believe, in actuality, in "Higher taxes for thee, but not for me," while publicly singing a far more pious tune.