[pabianice]

Surprisingly angry, nasty, and disappointing screed. Started as a literally starving writer. Now just another mega-rich dolt spewing very tired Leftist talking points. He wants to force people to pay more taxes. Just royalties from his books and movies top $50M a year. He long ago became a billionaire. He is personally generous. But he wants the rest of us to be made to be more personally generous. For the sake of America, mind you. We can save America only by being made to pay more taxes.

[unixfox]

Tell ya what Mr King. You give me all your extra cash, I'll kick you in the nuts and we will call it a day!

[RexBeach]

Hey, Stephen, paisan...if you want less of something, tax it. That’s a fact.

On the other hand, if you feel this strongly about wrong-headed economics, go ahead and stroke a really BIG check.

You go first. OK? OK.

[Rummyfan]

Another rich guy screaming to be taxed more but strange how not a single one of them has led by example yet.

[KarlInOhio]

Simple questions, Stephen: How much of each person's income, production and very life belongs to the government? Should it be the same amount for each person? Or, for some reason, do the rich owe more of their lives to the government? Essentially, how many of the 3 billion heartbeats you have in your life, Stephen, should be pumping the government's blood instead of yours?

[NonValueAdded]

Hey, King, WRITE A FREAKING CHECK AND STFU.

[Puppage]

and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America.

How about if DETERMINATION, DRIVE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY are not address, hmmm?

Feed a man a fish.......

[precisionshootist]

I say we offer to make his dream come true. It's called a wealth tax.

All net worth over 5 million will be taken by government on behalf of the people. So if Stephen King is worth 1 billion he will need to write a check to the IRS for 995 million leaving him with the maximum allowed net worth of 5 mil. As long as he or anyone else maintains a net worth of 5 mil then ALL earnings will be taxed away and made payable to the federal government on behalf of the people.

This is a fair system because no one actually needs more than 5 million to live. The money in excess of 5 million is "the peoples" money. Oh, and If you don't pay, we slap the cuffs on you, march you off to prison and take everything.

Sound good Mr. King?

[AppyPappy]

I have $20 that says King doesn’t fill out a 1040EZ so he can maximize his taxes to his Uncle Sugar.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Surprisingly angry, nasty, and disappointing screed."

Not surprising at all...King has been a part of the loony left for years. What is curious, is that so many of his books have conservative to semi-conservative themes...self-reliance, individual worth, suspicion of big government, etc. In his book, "Cell" (which I believe was his first post-Katrina book) he almost talked himself into rationalizing the right of people to keep and bear arms.

[Little Ray]

Got a better idea, Mr. King.

Set up a foundation promoting something useful, like literacy. Leave yourself a comfortable stipend to live on and assign everything else to the foundation. Then you can feel smug and superior AND you won’t need any extra taxation.

[RightWingConspirator]

The local liberal fishwrap recently had an article where King was lauding his government-subsidized Chevy Volt and it included a picture of him plugging it into a “free” outlet (provided by the taxpayers) in a Sarasota city parking garage. King has a mega-mansion somewhere in the Sarasota area.

Funny how rich liberals don’t have any compunction about using other taxpayers’ dollars—and seem to hate being taxpayers themselves ala Geithner.

[pabianice]

The New Class Warfare.

[mo]

All that Federal Cash being put on the street....much of it indirectly winds up in the pockets of those screaming for more taxes.

The ability of the feds to put cash on the street will degrade rapidly in the next administration. March 2012...60% of the federal budget was borrowed....and most of the borrowing went out the door to “Federal beneficiaries”

so when all these rich guys scream about increased tax rates being needed...at some level its their own pocketbooks starting to get pinched.

[TigersEye]

Is your freaking arm broken, King? Write a check and send it to the treasury.
Chinese solar companies will thank you.

[dfwgator]

Well then Steven, write a $#@&ing check!

[Republican Wildcat]

Stephen King needs to release his tax returns for the last several years for public inspection. If he has never voluntarily paid additional taxes from all of the money he doesn’t want - or has ever taken deductions, etc. and accepted a tax return check, then this is hypocritical and not to be taken seriously. Write the check to the IRS or to charities - etc. And if you don’t like making money why do you keep selling books trying to make more of it?

[Gay State Conservative]

Mr King...write this address down:

"UNITED STATES TREASURY,WASHINGTON DC"

Write that address on a standard size envelope,place the appropriate first class postage on the envelope and *in* that envelope place a personal check,made out to the Treasury.*You* pick what you think is the appropriate amount of the check....$1000,or $10,000,or $100,000,000 or any other amount you wish.

Problem solved.You will have paid "your fair share".And for the first time in years you'll be able to sleep at night.

[VanDeKoik]

Dear Mr King,

Did you know we can download all of your books off of the torrents and not have to pay you jack, leaving you with less wealth so you wont have to be burdened with giving it to D.C.?

Sleep tight.

[GOPJ]

If filling out an extra check and sending it off to the IRS is too hard for him, Stephen King could also 'up his contribution' by firing his most excellent CPA and hiring one of those mall guys ...

Trust me, he'll be paying more...

[raisetheroof]

Yo, Mr. King. There's an easier to way to send more of your money to government than trying to get the tax laws changed, and you won't even have to buy a postage stamp to do it.

Just go online to pay.gov, and you can have the government take it directly out of your bank account anytime you want.