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badrabbit · 2024-02-21 21:18:45

Yeah the idea is to have them pay more with that dedicated tax and pay less elsewhere.

dominotw | karma 6551 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2017-09-21 12:53:39

people want to pay less taxes.

Adlai | karma 198 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2014-12-28 11:36:02

As much as I like this idea, there's an equally strong incentive, for those who can afford to do so, to engage in "tax optimization".

gravis7777 | karma -14 | avg karma -0.56 · | 2018-06-07 17:28:16+00:00

Great idea - more taxes...

esoterica | karma 950 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2019-07-18 22:22:56+00:00

They already do pay more taxes, you get extra exemptions for each kid.

trasz | karma 2810 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2022-06-23 03:35:58

Not a bad idea if followed by much increased taxation to be able to pay people.

ArcanianArcher | karma 3 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2019-06-24 13:11:04

That would only affect those who want to pay extra. The goal is to force everyone like them to pay more in taxes.

juliantejera | karma 1 | avg karma 0.2 · | 2017-03-08 13:12:39

Great, just charge the people more taxes. Terrible idea.

fisherjeff | karma 2555 | avg karma 5.52 · | 2016-02-09 16:11:04+00:00

I think think the idea is that the burden of a higher tax will be lower than that of a lower tax rate plus private insurance.

hohod | karma 11 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2016-04-06 22:36:33+00:00

The same way you tax more people earning more money ?

jacobquick | karma 145 | avg karma 1.84 · | 2013-09-16 13:07:09

It's almost as if we should tax people proportional to their ability to pay.

cheez | karma 3766 | avg karma 1.47 · | 2018-12-25 03:16:09+00:00

They want other people to pay increased taxes.

ams6110 | karma 28057 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2010-05-07 15:53:09+00:00

Another proposal to try to change people's behavior through the tax code.

read_if_gay_ | karma 2396 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2020-11-05 15:57:19

Maybe a tax like this is not the only way to address inequality?

rayhano | karma 810 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2012-09-01 17:05:54

So currently £340bn of tax is taken from people. At the moment it is all in the form of income taxes.

With my proposal, we allow people to keep vastly more income (and therefore spend more).

The intention is:

Low-middle class pay much less tax

Upper middle class pay about the same

HNWI pay more (which is universally accepted as more fair, but never instigated with effective policy)

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notch656a | karma 1250 | avg karma 0.61 · | 2022-06-16 11:15:21

So just redistributing the cost across the population? I think then you just end up with more people in debt, as their incomes fall to pay the tax.

exabrial | karma 16024 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2021-01-17 14:59:40+00:00

Here's a really interesting proposal... instead of paying in 25k, wasting 20k, then paying out 2k, why not just not have people pay so much tax up front?

rorykoehler | karma 5431 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2017-02-26 16:45:39

My idea is more an incentive to get the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes so we can find initiatives like you suggest.

nradov | karma 36463 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2022-04-30 17:25:42

No, you misunderstood my comment. The idea is to couple a gas tax increase with an income tax decrease. If done properly, most poor and working class would end up with a net lower tax burden.

moultano | karma 10384 | avg karma 5.57 · | 2010-11-15 04:58:14+00:00

This is definitely the most interesting proposal to revamp the tax system that I've heard. Thanks for sharing.