I see the point. Oprah has no problem giving millions to charity—she enjoys it. Paying TAXES, OTOH, makes her want a stiff drink.
She's an avowed left-Democrat, so why does she not enjoy paying her substantial tax bill? Why does she campaign and vote for candidates who want to raise taxes, then avail herself of tax cuts she supposedly disagrees with? Any principled Democrat should have paid extra taxes all these years to protest wrong-headed tax cuts, IMO.
If I felt that the small reduction in marginal rate offered by the Bush tax cuts was wrong, I'd elect to pay the pre-reduction rate. Failure to do so would make me a hypocrite.
The tithing thing is sort of the same. I'm not for that, I'm not religious. That said, people happily give that sort of % to something they LIKE, but would hate giving that same 10% instead to the government. Probably because they realize the government would waste that money.
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