Blank tax forms are seen at an H&R Block in Rockville, Md., on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
Associated Press
Sam Wyrouck makes the wrong argument in deriding the rich for wanting to avoid a tax increase by saying they merely want a 44-foot yacht instead of a 40-foot yacht ("A 44-foot yacht needed?" Jan. 13).
He assumes that buying expensive toys are all that the rich are concerned about. Many of the rich generously give to charity, expand businesses, create jobs and do other worthwhile things with their money.
Giving more in taxes would be easier if the politicians spent our money on worthwhile priorities. The tax increase levied as part of the "fiscal cliff" deal helped give tax breaks to distillers ($222 million), NASCAR track owners ($78 million), Hollywood producers ($430 million), wind energy producers ($12 billion) and similar pork.
Greg Rampton
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It's pork if it's going somewhere else, and bacon if it's coming home.
It's a subsidy if it's going to somebody else, and a stimulus if it comes to me.
It's an unnecessary, unconstitutional freebie if it More..
So where are the jobs Greg? richies have made a killing this decade so where are all the jobs?
Somehow... I doubt any answer would satisfy Greg and his ilk as being a worhwhile expenditure of his tax dollars. his motives arent charitable More..
"What's fair about nearly half of the people in America getting a free ride?"
How much income tax SHOULD retired people with no income pay?