Norways "Voluntary" Tax Plan (Al Gore, interstates, Brown, school)
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Eager to pay more taxes? Then look no further than Norway.
Hammered by the opposition for slashing taxes and going on a spending spree with the country’s oil money, the center-right government has hit back with a bold proposal: voluntary contributions.
Launched in June, the initiative has received a lukewarm reception, with the equivalent of just $1,325 in extra revenue being collected so far, according to the Finance Ministry. That’s not much for a country of 5.3 million people, many of whom are already accustomed to paying some of the highest taxes in the world (the top rate of income tax is 46.7 percent).
There are voluntary contributions in most countries and you can pick where exactly you want your money spent, they are called charitable donations.
You can make charitable donations in relation to certain schools and education funds, universities, hospitals, disease research, and many life saving services such as lifeboats etc.
Why would you want to just give the money to the Government when you can already choose which charities you want to donate to.
Massachusetts has a version of this, You can opt to pay a slightly higher tax rate.
Not surprisingly hardly anyone chooses to pay it including many top democrats like E. Warren https://medium.com/@mysteriousrook/d...e-babe5a335729
Quoted from the article. Elizabeth Warren got into trouble over this in her 2012 race against Scott Brown. She favored a higher tax rate on wealthy people like her, but when pressed, and after many evasions, admitted she didn’t do it. Her defense is worth quoting:
Warren has said that questions about her personal practices are not relevant to the public policy debate. The debate, her campaign has said is “not about funding government through voluntary contributions…but about our values.”
The same thing would apply to those who argue people would build bridges and interstates on their own if they didn't have to pay taxes to do it.
no need to argue, roads and bridges have been built without tax money.
Of course you think your tax bill is just fine, its your neighbors that dont pay enough.
no need to argue, roads and bridges have been built without tax money.
Of course you think your tax bill is just fine, its your neighbors that dont pay enough.
I pay plenty. I just understand realities. Yes, we had dirt roads.
Sure you do lol
Oh thats right, Al Gore invented asphalt right before the internet.
When you have no argument........
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