Rich Germans demand higher taxes

http://news.bbc.co.uk...

I f*cking love this. If only rich people in America would be be less selfish. Hell, I'd be happy if they merely stopped avoiding taxes! :D

Lol, I saw this a couple days ago, and one part of it caught my eye as the funniest:

"Mr Vollmer said it was "really strange that so few people came"."

Really? Its that strange? I can think of a few reasons why not many showed up!

But it is pretty cool what they're doing. It goes against the usual assumption that "the rich only want to be richer." Clearly, there exists a strain where some don't care.

The petition has 44 signatories so far

Did anybody else notice this epic fail?

The group held a demonstration in Berlin on Wednesday to draw attention to their plans, throwing fake banknotes into the air.

Mr Vollmer said it was "really strange that so few people came".

Fail #2.

Why haven't they handed over their money to the government themselves? No government would turn it away. Because they are lying about not wanting their own money-- they just want it less than they want to get rid of the money of their peers, presumably. They don't make very good liars for that matter.

At 10/24/2009 5:19:42 PM, Ragnar_Rahl wrote:
Why haven't they handed over their money to the government themselves? No government would turn it away. Because they are lying about not wanting their own money-- they just want it less than they want to get rid of the money of their peers, presumably. They don't make very good liars for that matter.

Where's the government money drop-boxes?

In the US, at least,several governors set up explicit "Tax me more funds," and you can also mail money to the US Treasury to be used to service the debt. I highly doubt a government will refuse money mailed to the Treasury.

At 10/24/2009 5:42:49 PM, Ragnar_Rahl wrote:
In the US, at least,several governors set up explicit "Tax me more funds," and you can also mail money to the US Treasury to be used to service the debt. I highly doubt a government will refuse money mailed to the Treasury.

Right, Germany ragnar.

I'm not German. This is why I used the US examples.

You're welcome to mail money to the German Treasury and see if they refuse it. In the meantime it is highly implausible that they would.

R_R, you're quite missing the point. I'm sure that these people may actually do such a thing if it exists in Germany, but they're activists - they're trying to spread a message not only to the government, but to others as well. You may not agree with their goals, but they're trying to raise awareness, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.