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I agree no one is going to "win" this argument. But I was hoping you could cogently explain how your concept does not directly tie voting rights to income. I understand the appeal of your idea: Let those funding the work determine the work. I just find it in complete conflict with our...

:emoji_thumbsup: I'm with ya on this one. :) Moreover, it would be better finances: If I could keep my taxes throughout the year, invested and earning interest/dividends, I'd have even more cash even after paying the IRS... But still, taxes are apparent: each week I get a paystub with it...

As I explained earlier, this doesn't make any practical sense to me. Higher income results in higher tax rates in our progressive tax system. If you want a flat tax system, advocate it; this is the wrong method to get there, IMO. And as for people purposefully adjusting their tax rates to get...

Ok, you're tying voting to income. The more a person earns, the more they will pay in taxes and the more voting power they have. (Unless you mean that a person can choose their tax rate to select their voting power. But that's meaningless -- the rich could/would pay more to get more votes.)...

I tend to agree here -- though conventional wisdom is that the super wealthy avoid more than their fair share of taxes. My experience as a full-time employee suggests (frustrating) areas where I pay more (in absolute dollars) of the socialistic burden than those who make 5x+ my salary. I...

I guess I don't understand your position. Marginal Tax rate is tantamount to wealth. And allocating votes according to wealth ties one's measure of citizenship to wealth. I suppose one could imagine a world where the poor pay a higher marginal rate than the wealthy to get more votes -- but...

This is an interesting sentiment, but arguably incorrect based on what I've read. The ultra-wealthy have long given very large sums charitably -- though often post-humously. But proportionally, the middle and upper middle class are fairly stingy, giving away rather low percentages of their...