From his campaign speech yesterday, courtesy of Commentary Magazine:
‘I don’t need another tax cut. ... And I believe that most wealthy Americans would agree with me. They want to give back to the country that’s done so much for them. Washington just hasn’t asked them to.’Anyone who wants to give back to their country is free to do so. One can always make a voluntary donation to the U.S. Treasury; even better than that would be to make a direct donation to the charity of one’s choice—heck, one can even do that and then not bother to claim a tax credit for the charitable donation.
And what is this about the wealthy not paying more in taxes because “ ‘Washington just hasn’t asked them to’ ”? Raising the tax rate does not a request make—raising the tax rate a mandate makes. That's not asking.
Dis·in·gen·u·ous.
