[chickadee]

Of course, this is a misdirection, as usual. The tax increases under consideration affect people earning over $250,000 per year - i.e. many small business owners - not just those earning $1M. sigh

[Boardwalk]

Please! Any time they want to pay more taxes they are welcome to it...they don’t have to wait for the Bush tax cuts to expire.

[cripplecreek]

There’s nothing preventing them from giving their fortunes to government or doling it out to the poor.

[avacado]

"For the fiscal health of our nation and the well-being of our fellow citizens, we ask that you allow tax cuts on incomes over $1,000,000 to expire..."

If I was interested in the physical health on this person below would I:

a) Feed him more?

b) Reduce his food intake?

[SECURE AMERICA]

Hey millionaires. You want to give more of your money to a disfunctional government? No one is topping you. Get out the check book and have at it. You can write as big a check as you want. But STFU about tax hikes. Got it?

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Chuckie Schumer proposed raising the $250k limit to $1 million so it is possible. There is also nothing at all stopping these millionaires from figuring out how much they would pay without the cuts and writing a check to the IRS for the difference. For that reason alone it sounds more like a PR stunt than anything serious.

[day10]

They can go here anytime they like to put their money where their mouth is:

United States Treasury's site for making donations to help reduce the public debt

and then they can leave me alone.

[Little Ray]

Nothing is stopping them from writing a bigger check to the IRS.
Go ahead, guys. Just send whatever you think is fair.

I wonder? Are overpayments to the Federals considered donations? And are they deductable?

[Jim Scott]

This Yahoo report skews the facts, big-time and pretends that the "Bush tax cuts'only extended to millionaires...a palpable lie. A bunch of millionaires closely aligned with the Democrat party begging to be taxed more? What nonsense. That anyone could be so stupid as to think that raising taxes on millionaires will somehow solve the economic problems the Obama administration and the Democrat-led congress have made for average wage-earners definitely has more money than brains.

[Second Amendment First]

These aholes are free to decide whatever additional rate they would like to pay and send in the money. Nobody is preventing them from doing that. They just want to take other peoples money.

[mo]

Yaaah...I think we know where most modern day American millionaires cash comes from at this point...prolly thru Congress via the IRS guns at the heads of We the People.

[Diplomat]

I have a much better idea. Do NOT tax their INCOME, tax their WEALTH. Anyone with a net worth over 100 times their minimum level should face an immediate 1 time tax of 10% of their WEALTH.

I bet all they'd shut the hell up if and fight tooth and nail if this was done.

[Defiant]

citizens who now or in the past earned an income of $1,000,000 per year or more

Which do you want to bet it is?

The dirty secret is that the wealthy often don't earn income. They live off existing wealth, and borrow from unrealized gains on investments. They think they have covered all their bases, with their tax strategies, trusts and shelters. What they don't realize is that Obama and his crowd will be going after assets once they can no longer squeeze enough from income taxes. When that happens, I won't mind if these traitors to America lose their wealth; I will fight to the death to protect the rights of real Americans, though.

[LibLieSlayer]

TAX THE WEALTH OF THOSE WITH MORE THAN 10 MILLION IN ASSETS.
TAX BILLIONAIRES AT A 80% rate! Let’s see how they like it when it really hits them hard!

LLS

[IrishCatholic]

Just follow the breadcrumbs back to the collective:

http://www.fiscalstrength.com/

http://agendaproject.org/about.html

Commies suck.

[FromLori]

Are the Gates on the list? Gates Sr. was trying to get that passed in Washington State. Funny thing about that is their foundations (where they put most of their money) don’t pay taxes. I wonder if this is another bait and switch.

snippet..

“3) The Gates Foundation is a tax shelter. The Gates Foundation does great work of which you and your family can be justifiably proud. But there is one thing the Gates Foundation doesn’t do: pay taxes.

You and your son have both been outspoken proponents of federal estate taxation. However, the resources you and he contribute to the Gates Foundation avoid such taxation. Moreover, the foundation, as a tax-exempt entity, pays no federal income tax.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2010/11/open-letter-on-taxes-to-bill-gates-sr.html

Millionaire tax on the ballot

http://money.cnn.com/2010/11/02/news/economy/state_taxes_washington/index.htm

[HarleyD]

Why do they need to ask permission? They can simply write a check to the Treasury.

[SampleMan]

By all means, immediately pass a bill providing that these 40 people pay a much higher tax rate. 80% sounds about right. After all, its good for the country right?

I bet that everyone of these 40 pays an accountant to ensure that they pay the lowest tax possible each year.

[MEGoody]

Now a group of millionaires is arguing the opposite.

Oh, what a bunch of liars. They can donate as money as they want to the government, but they don't. What they really want is taxes on everyone else, knowing they will be able to shelter/dodge taxes.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

I’d look into how these people became millionaires...

[Onelifetogive]

These millionaires are fully capable of paying any amount of extra taxes now. What they are demanding is for taxes to be raised on OTHER PEOPLE!