{"id":40986,"date":"2017-11-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=40986"},"modified":"2017-11-22T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T20:52:45","slug":"if-you-think-your-taxes-are-too-low-you-can-easily-give-the-government-more-of-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2017\/11\/23\/if-you-think-your-taxes-are-too-low-you-can-easily-give-the-government-more-of-your-money\/","title":{"rendered":"If you think your taxes are too low, you can easily give the government more of your money"},"content":{"rendered":"

As discussed fairly recently, the government requires you to pay taxes up to a certain point, but there’s nothing stopping you from paying<\/a> more<\/a> than they ask. For Canadian federal taxes, Her Majesty in right of Canada<\/a> would be delighted to accept any additional money you wish to donate. I’m sure your provincial or territorial government has a similar mechanism set up. Equivalent schemes are definitely available in the UK and probably other Commonwealth countries. <\/p>\n

In the US, the tax rates are in the news again and the usual (ultra-wealthy) suspects<\/a> are lining up to demand that the government not<\/em> lower their taxes:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an amusing ritual that takes place in Washington every time there\u2019s a big debate about tax policy. A bunch of rich leftists will sign a letter or hold a press conference to announce that they should be paying higher taxes rather than lower taxes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve debated some of these people in the past, pointing out that they are \u201cneurotic<\/a>\u201d and \u201cguilt-ridden<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But they apparently didn\u2019t take my criticisms seriously and go into therapy, They\u2019re now back and the Washington Post<\/em> provides very favorable coverage<\/a> to their latest exercise in masochism.<\/p>\n