Post your unpopular opinions.

[Laszlo]

It should never be forgotten really..

[Sexual_Chocolate]

haha no.

i thank the jumpup gods for giving us such terrible music thats so bad it makes me laugh.

[Forum]

thankyou for reminding me how shite clipz was

Gooooooood vibrations running through me ♫

Bangor

[titchbit]

Also he seems to hate on big business/big wealth... he's all up for trying to relate to 'average joe', what with his 7/8 figure salary an all that. Having had a drug addiction 15 years ago doesn't change his current status. Would he be happy to pay, say 80% tax on his earnings so people less fortunate could become a little more fortunate? I doubt it.

80% sounds a little excessive, but I think he (and most actors/actresses) would be cool with like 55-60%. Above 60% is pushing it imo.

[garethom]

Don't see a problem with a voluntary 80% bracket so that kindly, concerned souls such as Russell Brand can pay the way they so dearly want to.

[titchbit]

Don't see a problem with a voluntary 80% bracket so that kindly, concerned souls such as Russell Brand can pay the way they so dearly want to.

true dat. that's actually a very good idea. voluntary taxes. instead of donating your money to sketchy charities that might spend it on shady stuff (and there are a lot of those out there), you should be able to donate it to the government, so they can decide what the best thing to do with it is.

[SCope13]

except that would never work. You really think people are going to willingly donate 80% of their income lol?

[titchbit]

except that would never work. You really think people are going to willingly donate 80% of their income lol?

well it's not like you would have to donate EXACTLY 80%. you could donate however much extra money you want on top of your taxes. I don't know how much taxes your average liberal millionaire actor/actress pays. it varies by state, but most of them live in California obviously. I think cali's top marginal income tax rate is like 13%. So add property, sales, and all the other taxes in there, maybe the richest people pay like 30-40%.

I'm sure many of them would willingly go up to 50 or 60%. I mean, plenty of them already donate comparable amounts of money to charity

[m8son666]

yh but you don't get to feel all noble and benevolent by giving money to the government do you

[didi]

no one's banning you from donating money to the government lol

u can do that already. voluntary extra taxes (i.e. donations) exist

[garethom]

except that would never work. You really think people are going to willingly donate 80% of their income lol?

That's the point being made though. A lot of celebrities that talk about the rich doing more for the poor folk should have it made as easy as possible to pay a much higher tax rate. Consider it the "Money Where Your Mouth Is" tax bracket.

[titchbit]

no one's banning you from donating money to the government lol

u can do that already. voluntary extra taxes (i.e. donations) exist

oh really? Did not know that. if that's the case, they should really do a better job at making people aware of it.

[DRTY]

except that would never work. You really think people are going to willingly donate 80% of their income lol?

unlikely, but it'd put douche bags like Brand in a bit of an awkward spot lol.

[wolf89]

Fuck knows who wants to pay more money to the government though.

Unless you could direct it towards things that are actually useful

[DRTY]

also it'd work the same way as current tax... you'd only pay 80% of earning after say £1,000,000

[Sexual_Chocolate]

Fuck knows who wants to pay more money to the government though.

Unless you could direct it towards things that are actually useful

send money to build roads.

[titchbit]

Or to pay off the debt

[nousd]

Dear Government
I enclose $10 for your expenditure on one bullet.
Please see that it is targeted wisely.

I bet similar donations are made all the time.

[didi]

Fuck knows who wants to pay more money to the government though.

Unless you could direct it towards things that are actually useful

it's easy to government bash but a lot of gd is done

[Sexual_Chocolate]

Fuck knows who wants to pay more money to the government though.

Unless you could direct it towards things that are actually useful

it's easy to government bash but a lot of gd is done

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