Posted on 04/20/2023 11:38:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Patriotic Millionaires organization, whose millionaire members claim they want to pay higher taxes to the federal government, were unwilling to sign a pledge to do just that because it would require them as individuals to voluntarily pay higher taxes. Instead, the Patriotic Millionaires want Congress to pass laws making all millionaires pay more in taxes.
“A bunch of millionaires said they want to pay higher taxes and they’re advocating for it, but they won’t sign a pledge saying they’re willing to pay the taxes that they endorse,” said Stepehn Moore, a co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
At an April 18 (Tax Day) press conference outside the U.S. Capitol, millionaire Morris Pearl, a former BlackRock executive and current chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires, said, “We are a group of hundreds of wealthy Americans and business leaders united in our concern about historic levels of inequality and the destabilizing level of wealth and power in America. I’m joined by Dr. Abigail Disney and a few dozen other members of Patriotic Millionaires here today with one request to our lawmakers in there: Tax us! We want to pay higher taxes and everyone else wants to pay higher taxes as well.” […]
However, when asked if they would sign a pledge to voluntarily pay more taxes, neither Morris Pearl, Abigail Disney, nor any of the other Patriotic Millioniares at the press conference would do so. […]
“I’ve got pens; let’s get people to sign these,” said Moore. “You said you wanted to pay more taxes.”
Pearl then interjected, “We said we wanted to change the system.”
Moore replied, “No; you said you wanted to pay more taxes. … Don’t you think it’s your patriotic duty to pay more taxes?”
None of the millionaires present signed the pledge, reported Moore. …
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Shocked, shocked I tell you.
Feeding the progressive pig is not patriotism.
Denying it food and support OTOH....
Good for Stephen Moore for calling their bluff!
These “Patriot” all live on Martha’s Vineyard” where virtue signaling has its limits.
Can’t they just write a check today? Will the Treasury department not cash it?
That was a great video clip of Moore trying to get these hypocrites to sign those agreements! The guys on LFS6B played it last night.
(Nobody said they can’t pay as much as they want to every April.(
Why should they? The government squanders hundreds of billions in working against the interests of the actual people who pay taxes and make this country work. Why contribute voluntarily to the people who are actively working to bring the country’s downfall?
Yes, you can already pay extra. There’s a line or form, I forget. Or you can just deduct less than you’re entitled to.
If it is voluntary it is not a tax.
If it is voluntary, that would make it a contribution.
Words have meanings. Maybe that is why contracts have words.
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They have always had the ability to voluntarily send in more money than the law requires. If you owe $100,00o, the IRS will not refuse a check for $150,000.
Good for him.👍
The FBI has a form any citizen can fill out and sign that makes them a Prohibited Person regarding firearms. Those forms should be put up to all the gun control lunatics every time they open their trap
They said they would, that’s why.
I wonder how many of these “patriotic” progressives live in “diverse” neighborhoods? Nothing is stopping them from living in Detroit or Baltimore. I bet they don’t even hire illegal brown people to clean and maintain their properties.
I smell satire ...
Why don't these millionaires and billionaires start a win/win movement to put a permanent stop to unconstitutional federal taxes for all taxpayers by effectively "seceding" ALL the states from the unconstitutionally big federal government by repealing the 16th (direct taxes) and 17th (popular voting for federal senators) Amendments (16&17A).
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
“If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles [emphases added].” — Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
”Simply this, that the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Constitution, is in the States and not in the federal government [emphases added]. I have sought to effect no change in that respect in the Constitution of the country.” —John Bingham, Congressional. Globe. 1866, page 1292 (see top half of third column)
Pelosi: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." (non-FR; 6 sec.)
“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
Democrats Are Terrified Of An Educated And Informed Public (3.12.23)
If the proposed amendment was limited strictly to repealing 16&17A, relatively little or ideally no discussion would be needed before ratification of the amendment imo.
With 16&17A out of the way, my hope is that Trump 47 becomes the FIRST president of a truly constitutionally limited power federal government.
Also, primarying RINOs in 2022 was hopefully just for practice.
In fact, patriots who regularly read Free Republic can probably pick better MAGA candidates for primarying remaining RINOs in 2024 than Trump does imo. Trump seems to be getting questionable advice about his MAGA endorsements from institutionally indoctrinated political party advisors imo.
They said almost in the same breath that they intend to “change the system”.
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