By Tina Grazier
If you are a wealthy progressive Democrat please listen up. You say the rich have more money than they need. You say they don’t need all of what they have and therefore should be willing to pay a higher percentage of what they earn in taxes. For some reason a “fair share” to you is any amount the government needs. You think this even though the wealthiest 1% of wage earners already pay 38.02% of income taxes. (50% of wage earners pay as much as 97.3% of the income tax and the top 5% pay over half, 58.72% – IRS 2008). In fact, there are a whole bunch of filthy rich progressive Democrats that believe as you do and not one of them, to my knowledge, has ever volunteered to give his excess to the cause. If you really believe the liberal line, that the wealthy are not paying enough, why don’t yiu and your comrades in cash just step up…and shut up!
Calling on all wealthy Democrats to make a very large donation to the US Treasury…and I mean a large donation…don’t delay…do it today!!! Our government even makes it easy for you; here’s the skinny:
Donations to the Treasury to be used for any purpose:
Citizens who wish to make a general donation to the U.S. government may send contributions to a specific account called “Gifts to the United States.” This account was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States. Money deposited into this account is for general use by the federal government and can be available for budget needs. These contributions are considered an unconditional gift to the government. Financial gifts can be made by check or money order payable to the United States Treasury and mailed to the address below.
Gifts to the United States
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Credit Accounting Branch
3700 East-West Highway, Room 622D
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Any tax-related questions regarding these contributions should be directed to the Internal Revenue Service at (800) 829-1040.
And for those concerned about our massive debt…there are two ways to make a donation:
You can make a contribution online either by credit card, checking or savings account at Pay.gov
You can write a check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt, and in the memo section, notate that it’s a Gift to reduce the Debt Held by the Public. Mail your check to:
Attn Dept G
Bureau of the Public Debt
P. O. Box 2188
Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188
As it turns out many of our lawmakers have increased their wealth substantially even as the economy has flagged; surely they can afford at this time to make a substantial donation.
The Hill
The 50 wealthiest lawmakers were worth almost $1.4 billion in 2009, about $85.1 million more than 12 months earlier, according to The Hill’s annual review of lawmakers’ financial disclosure forms. ** Total assets for the 50 wealthiest lawmakers in 2009 was $1.5 billion
John Kerry tops the list of current lawmakers who are wealthy but he isn’t the only pol in the pack. Al Gore has left politics now but not the public stage. He has considerable wealth to play around with as we have witnessed in the last few years as he jet setted around the globe selling his green fantasy. These public figures are flanked by a whole slew of folk who “can afford” to pay much more and believe they should do so. George Soros, Warren Buffet, Seinfeld, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Whoopie Goldberg, Ben & Jerry, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates…and his dad…and bunches of big banking dudes and corporate heads…the list of possible candidates goes on and on.
Here’s your chance to make a super fair share contribution. After all…you obviously don’t mind…and you don’t need the money!
