The new progressive tax

[Dr.Who]

Congress has decided that gay people are just more progressive than the rest of us. therfore they have decided to create a new progressive tax. Starting January 20th gay people will all pay an extra 12% on top of whatever tax bracket they are in.

Parody? Yes. But if congress did decide to do that would it be unconstitutional?

 

[GenSeneca]

Lets add a few more taxes in there... after all, these people really want to be patriotic:

Abortion Tax, on both Patients who have them and Doctors who perform them.

A "Starbucks" Tax on high end coffee shops.

Windfall Profits Tax on all Colleges and Universities, because they gouge us even more than oil companies and have done so far longer. We will confiscate all their profits until they can drop the costs to a level we deem reasonable.

An Atheist Tax, they must fork over an additional 10% "tithe" to government to match what Christians tithe to their churches.

Unarmed Victim Tax, to be paid by those who become victims of crime because they weren't carrying a gun or other means to protect themselves.

Subsidized Housing Tax, every year you live in a section 8 domicile, your rent goes up until your housing is no longer being subsidized by the taxpayer.

To answer your question Dr. Who... I'd like to make a reference to the Frost Nixon movie:

"When the President does it, its not illegal!" -- Nixon

Apparently when any branch of government does something, that alone makes it perfectly legal.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Congress has decided that gay people are just more progressive than the rest of us. therfore they have decided to create a new progressive tax. Starting January 20th gay people will all pay an extra 12% on top of whatever tax bracket they are in.

Parody? Yes. But if congress did decide to do that would it be unconstitutional?

Why do people (even) bother with hypotheticals, when we (already) KNOW what works?

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"Not only was the entire national deficit eliminated after raising taxes on the wealthy in 1993, but the economy grew so fast for the remainder of the decade that many conservative economists thought that the Fed should raise the prime interest rate in order to slow it down."

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Lets add a few more taxes in there... after all, these people really want to be patriotic:

Whatta PERFECT choice-of-words!!!

And, the inverse-sentiment would be considered more-"conservative".​

"Criticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge attention she is getting, you can’t just ignore what she has to say. And there was one thing she said in the debate with Joe Biden that really sticks in my craw. It was when she turned to Biden and declared: “You said recently that higher taxes or asking for higher taxes or paying higher taxes is patriotic. In the middle class of America, which is where Todd and I have been all of our lives, that’s not patriotic.”

"There's nowhere else in the world, nowhere else in the world, that people can accrue the kind of fortunes that happen here. And that's because of the kind of country we have.

And the kind of country we have is a function of the taxes that we pay to provide security, we have a stable market, you can predict next week will be pretty much like the week before.

We have the most immense investment being made by our government in advancing businesses by supporting the enormous research industry that's going on in this country. And it's that piece of government expenditure that which has everything to do with the health and robustness of our economy."

 

[Dr.Who]

Why do people (even) bother with hypotheticals, when we (already) KNOW what works?

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There are plenty of other studies showing that raising taxes on the wealthy doesn't work in the long run.

What we are left with is accepting the studies that suggest that unequal taxes raise revenue for the government and help the economy but are immoral. Or accepting the studies that show that unequal taxes don't raise revenue for the government, hurt the economy in the long run and are immoral.

And regardless of what studies one chooses to accept it would be better to accept the moral solution even if the economy were slightly less well off.

Fortunately we can accept what works for government, the economy, and is moral - low taxes and small governments.

 

[pocketfullofshells]

how about a dumb thread dumb idea tax?

 

[GenSeneca]

how about a dumb thread dumb idea tax?

How about you answer his question....

Is it unconstitutional to pass any of the "dumb" taxes that we proposed?