People Won't Pay Higher Taxes Unless Forced To

Every now and then we'll hear somebody like Bill Gates' father or Warren Buffet saying they don't think they pay enough taxes. Of course, they're welcome to pay as much more as they like, but when most people are given the opportunity to assuage their consciences and pay more taxes than required, very few ever do (h/t Special Report):

A few years ago — then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee challenged people in his state who were calling for higher taxes to voluntarily give up more of their own money. The fund collected about $2,000 in four years.

The state of Virginia also established what it calls a "tax me more fund" in 2002. The Washington Times reports the fund has collected just over $10,000 since then — including a total of $19.36 last year.

One Virginia Republican says people who advocated tax increases — "didn't seem willing to put their money where their words were. They could have easily participated more in the Tax Me More Fund but didn't. That's because they didn't really want to pay more. They wanted everyone else to pay more so they wouldn't have to."

Every person voting for a Democrat is voting for higher taxes, but they want us all to share in their stupidity. I think maybe we should just set the higher tax rates to include only those who have registered as a Democrat since they're the only ones who think we don't pay enough.