Why do people wanna punishment for being successful? ?

Question

im all for charity and helping people and all that but why should we raise taxes on the rich? they already pay 95% of taxes

Answer 1

What do you want to do lower taxes for the rich and raise them for the poor?

Answer 2

It's the socialist way.  You jack the taxes up but what they don't realize is that now days, the rich can leave.

I know if I was wound up in Obama's death tax, I'd be on the first plane out. Luxembourg would be my first stop.

The government's authority to tax is being gravely abused.

Answer 3

If they're rich and democrat, they feel guilty for being rich.

If they're not rich and democrat, they want a piece of the rich guy's money.

Answer 4

If 5% of the population has 95% of the income that means that 95% will have 5% to divide up between them.  This means that 50% of the 95% will have nothing.  Without taxes the social and physical infrastructure of the United States will devolve to 3rd world status.  All you have to do is cross the border into Mexico to see how this works.  5% own 95% of everything worth owning and they enjoy almost all of the income.  That's why Mexico is a hellhole with open sewers, trashed public areas, poverty for the many and vast areas dominated by drug lords.  If that's what you want all you have to do apply for mexican citizenship.  I'm sure they'd love to have you.

Answer 5

Taxes are often used to bail out companies in cisis so why shouldnt they be used to help people who are disadvantaged. Why should some people be born into wealth and others into poverty? Taxation helps reduce ineqaulity and by "hardship" on the rich and benifits on the poor. Ineqaulity means that people are automatically put in situations where they have better/worse oppurtunities than other people. In order to make sure we can all be equally successful sacrifices have to be made.

Answer 6

It is called socialism when it is done by the government and envy or greed when the public applaud it.

Answer 7

Maybe for the same reason that Republicans like to blame everything on the poor and demonize them as if they get everything while the poor, poor rich just have to pay and pay...  Republicans sure have a sense of entitlement.

Answer 8

When one family has more money than 80% of the world, yes you should be taxed, so that others can benefit.  only about 5% of taxes go to social programs.  The majority goes to the military.

If the rich were to leave, where would they go?

Answer 9

I am not a rich person.  I also totally agree with you.  This country and it seems the majority of the people are being brainwashed into thinking everything is a RIGHT.  Sorry to say, MOST are not RIGHTS.  Entitlements as they are have NOT worked.  They are just making those people become DEPENDENT on our Government.  This actually gives our Government more power, and thus the Government is forever growing.  The rich got there through hard work, luck, or just being there at the right time.  THAT IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS ABOUT.  Where one has dreams, works and toils to make those dreams come true.  Soon with all the entitlements, people will loose their dreams, and we will no longer be a democratic republic.

Answer 10

People are jealous of success and want to punish them for doing well.