No, no, no.
Anything *progressive* by the government is always confiscation.
The problem is spending.
We are already taxed in excess.
The government has no right to "progressively tax" success and it certainly has no right to the accumulated wealth of the deceased.
Give it more thought. Too many people pay NO taxes at all. If we're going to pay taxes, then everyone ought to have to pay.
The higher earners use more of the system and its resources to gain income.
But John Doe eats his oatmeal and walks to work but pays a higher percentage in taxes compared to higher earners with all their exemptions.
This is not fair.
As usual, Onyx, you are right on and beat me to the punch with your answer to Java.
Java; seriously? To my knowledge, no poor person ever got a job from a poor person.
The successful entrepreneurs in our country are better than any stimulus. They keep our free market going and employ people!! DUH, Java.
And for those who don’t but are successful, they deserve to spend their money or not, any way they want to.
Give it more thought. Too many people pay NO taxes at all. If we’re going to pay taxes, then everyone ought to have to pay.
Double Amen to that. The ticket to class warfare, and the winnah is...
The ones who don’t have to pay.