Comments on: The Problem With the Left Is Not that They’re Lemmings but that They’re Hijackers http://www.sundriesshack.com/2011/04/14/the-problem-with-the-left-is-not-that-theyre-lemmings-but-that-theyre-hijackers/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 26 May 2012 07:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lizbuddiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2011/04/14/the-problem-with-the-left-is-not-that-theyre-lemmings-but-that-theyre-hijackers/comment-page-1/#comment-702291 lizbuddie Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:34:45 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=15657#comment-702291 Since he's so concerned with all the rich people who want to pay more, it is a pity that President Obama didn't even mention that folks don't have to wait for him to raise taxes to pay more, much less make an actual request that they do so. President Bush did mention this at least once, that I recall. [Non-lazy person would insert link here.] Here is a tax law blog that has some interesting posts on the issue. (Yes, I said "interesting" and "tax law" in the same sentence.) I'm particularly interested by an idea he suggests in this post:[ <a href="http://blog.pappastax.com/index.php/2009/08/17/irs-voluntary-payment-checkoff-box-for-the-benevolent-rich/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.pappastax.com/index.php/2009/08/17/ir...</a> ] wherein he proposes a check-off box where the rich (or non-rich, for that matter) may elect to pay an extra 10%, 5% or other percentage they enter. I'm confident that adding such a feature to tax forms would increase the incidence of doing so. So, my question(s) is: why haven't we (additional pay feature) and why hasn't he (Obama ask for voluntary extra)? Since he's so concerned with all the rich people who want to pay more, it is a pity that President Obama didn't even mention that folks don't have to wait for him to raise taxes to pay more, much less make an actual request that they do so. President Bush did mention this at least once, that I recall. [Non-lazy person would insert link here.]

Here is a tax law blog that has some interesting posts on the issue. (Yes, I said "interesting" and "tax law" in the same sentence.) I'm particularly interested by an idea he suggests in this post:[ http://blog.pappastax.com/index.php/2009/08/17/ir... ] wherein he proposes a check-off box where the rich (or non-rich, for that matter) may elect to pay an extra 10%, 5% or other percentage they enter. I'm confident that adding such a feature to tax forms would increase the incidence of doing so.

So, my question(s) is: why haven't we (additional pay feature) and why hasn't he (Obama ask for voluntary extra)?

]]>