Should Germany raise taxes on the rich?
Australia currently has a progressive tax system whereby high income earners pay a higher percentage of tax than low income tax. A more progressive income tax system has been proposed as a tool towards reducing wealth inequality.
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@B38VDGM5mos5MO
No, but reduce the tax brackets for those that are in the lower tier brackets and enforce corporate taxes more
@B368TCTVolt Germany5mos5MO
Increase the income tax rate on the highest bracket, decrease the rate on the lower brackets and remove existing tax loopholes for large corporations and the richest.
@B2WXB9VVolt Germany5mos5MO
Increase the number of income brackets AND raise taxes for the higher ones, but only by a small percentage as private investment plays an important role in the economy and R&D.
@9L85XG21yr1Y
decrease taxes on everyone except top bracket and add new backet for over 500,000 euros and make it a 53% tax
@9J895W72yrs2Y
lower income taxes but establish a 5-10% inheritance tax and remove existing tax loopholes for large corporations and raise the corporate tax
Yes, tax the rich into poverty, because I hate them.
@9FFNRT8Free Democratic2yrs2Y
Implement a land value tax instead.
Yes, and poor people sould not be paying that much taxes or should not pay at all in there income is the minimon.
@9NVRQCK1yr1Y
Yes, but only on those that earn more than €550,000 as a single person, and more than €750,000 for married couples.
Taxes should be set according to how much money people make on a yearly basis. Taxes and fines should be ordered accordingly.
@99ZDXGL2yrs2Y
Yes and remove all subsidies for the rich
@8VF5FYJ4yrs4Y
Yes, but only on a certain percentage of wealth
@8QQ67P54yrs4Y
Introduce higher tax brackets for the ‘mega richer’
@8N4CZR85yrs5Y
No, they should focus on getting rid of tax evasion first, there is no point in raising taxes if you cannot guarantee that they will be paid.
@8CM6DHC5yrs5Y
No, we should tax the poor
@99W9TH82yrs2Y
Tax people with 40 million income
@99MMLBS2yrs2Y
Ensure that there are no loopholes and the rates are fair proportionally across all groups
@99M6RWC2yrs2Y
Yes, raise taxes on all income brackets and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations
@99GY6W72yrs2Y
Rich shouldnt be allowed to exist. Restructure corporate entities into worker cooperatives. No need for a "rich tax", something which can easily be aboided with offshore accounts and other illegal practices if there are no rich people to begin with.
Lower taxes but increase the tax on inheritance, especially for rich people.
@98KSQNJFree Democratic3yrs3Y
No, it should lower taxes.
@98J4HHG3yrs3Y
No. Germany should lower it.
@986YYN93yrs3Y
No, Germany should lower the taxes.
@97PCN8MFree Democratic3yrs3Y
Yes, but the definition of rich should be someone making more than 300k a year! Increasing taxes on upper middle class won't help anyone
@97N85423yrs3Y
Yes, mostly the top 10% but offer more tax break incentives towards investments that help the nation such as renewable energy or investments into the infrastructure
@977G79C3yrs3Y
No. Lower the tax and reform it to a flat tax.
@976WJ3T3yrs3Y
No, lower the taxes and reform them to flat taxes.
@96YKSJ4Free Democratic3yrs3Y
No. It should lower it and reform it to a flat tax.
@8V6RSLM4yrs4Y
Widening the direct tax net will be more fruitful.
@9CLKVVFFree Democratic2yrs2Y
Shift all taxes to a single land value tax.
@9C39DTS2yrs2Y
Restructure to eliminate loopholes for ultra wealthy & corporations.
@9BDB5GZ2yrs2Y
yes but only for people with more than 50 million dollars
Abolish private property altogether.
@8GMR5G75yrs5Y
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@8GTWWZJ5yrs5Y
Yes, and lower taxes for people who live in poverty.
@8H2MXKX5yrs5Y
They should give rich tax credits if they help fund therapy sessions for Ex Military to help with trauma issues
@7NMLC8N5yrs5Y
Yes, and instruct the federal judges to actively remove all known loopholes regarding tax payments for wealthy individuals and corporations as they appear after the case has been decided. This both improves our judiciary system while preventing the wealthy from evading their dues.
@89JKD8N5yrs5Y
No, Instead focus on closing loopholes and corporate tax evasion
@8H7MQKH5yrs5Y
Make public held corporation emoployee owned entitites and increase minimum wage for people over 18 to 20.00 an hour.
@8H9VXZQ5yrs5Y
I believe in a fair taxes.
@7NMLC8N5yrs5Y
Yes, and make it so they can only apply to have their taxes lowered if their overall net worth falters. Even then, as they make up a greater percentage of the country’s wealth than the regular citizen, they are responsible for paying back a greater percentage of the country’s wealth than the regular citizen. This wealth is to fund programs designed to help the poor have the ability to rise to the middle class.
@jennamarie5yrs5Y
Yes, increase for the rich, eliminate loopholes/offshore accounts/deductions and lower taxes for the middle class/working poor
@8GX4GD85yrs5Y
No, but allow the taxes to be fair rather than equal in terms of the income amounts
@owenfuckem5yrs5Y
Yes, especially corporate, wealth/inheritance, (large) property, capital gains and other taxes that disproportionately affect the rich and have been systematically deflated over the decades.
@8HDMV9J5yrs5Y
No, simplify taxes to percentages and eliminate loopholes and tax cuts
@gabehwkns5yrs5Y
Yes, but only on those making in excess of $400,000 per year, and the tax code should be simplified
@4T9HXCY5yrs5Y
Reform to much smaller tax brackets. Increase taxes in the very top of income earners.
@8HHK9NZ5yrs5Y
Disallow all deductions, increase the sales tax, and abolish income tax or reform to a flat tax
@8HJ6ZY75yrs5Y
Increase tax revenue by maintaining current income taxes (or even decreasing them a bit) and levying a federal Land Value Tax like Henry George suggested
@8HK5GRT5yrs5Y
Keep the income brackets, eliminate tax loopholes and write offs.
@8HPFLRB5yrs5Y
Yes, but only if they agree to it.
@8HQ8Y5B5yrs5Y
Taxes should be lowered for the poor and rates should eventually flat line at a certain amount.
@8HQ92VL5yrs5Y
Yes, create a system where the everyone is taxed a rate proportional to their income and state of living.
@7YFGPVT5yrs5Y
1) Eliminate citizen income tax, and restructure corporate earnings tax to a lower linear incrementing tax.(i.e. Set a bottom threshold of $10M annual gross profit at 2%, $50M at 3%, $100 at 4%... and cap at $100B at %15). With no loopholes, and assessed to any company that does business in the US, regardless of where the corporate HQ are and where products/services are generated, to avoid "Off shore" parent company strategy.
2) Simplify, but increase property tax for all entitles, civilian, local business, and corporations. This tax would also scale linearly.
3) Eliminate local and state sales tax and institute a national Value Added Tax dispersed between local, state, and federal proportionally
@8HQTH285yrs5Y
Yes, those who can afford it should have higher taxes.
@8HSJHGK5yrs5Y
No, but have them donate a portion of their income along with taxes.
@8HVQ4L55yrs5Y
Raising them isn't the problem the problem is many rich people circumvent the law to pay less.
@8J2VLZL5yrs5Y
Yes, but not excessively. The rich should not have a tax rate less than highest tax rate applied to the rest of the population. Also eliminate tax loopholes for corporations.
@8J43K395yrs5Y
Remove income tax and replace it with a consumption tax.
@85QWNPG5yrs5Y
Reform to a flat tax, replace the numerous taxes we have with a cleaner system of income and a yearly company charged VAT on all sales, or similar, rather than state independent tax systems which can be confusing and convoluted.
@8JBSYBR5yrs5Y
Taxation is Theft. Abolish Income Tax! The fed should be funded as it was pre Income tax. Each citizen should only be required to pay taxes for services received within the state they reside.
@8J9SW6X5yrs5Y
Abolish all loopholes and make the rich pay their fair share.
@8CCDF235yrs5Y
Yes, raise tax rates for the top 40% and lower tax rates for the bottom 40%
@8JQJTF95yrs5Y
I think that we should raise taxes on people that make over a certian amount
@8JQGVVV5yrs5Y
If they have a good reason to tax them.
@8JRD6S85yrs5Y
We should abolish different economic classes entirely
@8JXC89N5yrs5Y
if they are not paying any taxes then yes.
@8JYZMZT5yrs5Y
Remove all tax loopholes so that tax is paid fairly. If tax is raised, it should just be for the top 1%.
@8JZHKVX5yrs5Y
Yes, and close tax loopholes that allow the rich to artificially deflate their earnings.
@8K23V9K5yrs5Y
Reform to a flat tax, but protect the poor, elderly, disabled, etc; thereby indirectly taxing those with a higher income more; and punish those who abuse the system with exemptions.
@8K5WLBB5yrs5Y
they should low taxes for the poor and rich
@8K5XDW65yrs5Y
Tax the rich of those that do not contribute back to the US.
@8K4WJ225yrs5Y
Taxes should be based on an individual's income.
@8K6X9Q85yrs5Y
yes but also no they may be rich but that just wouldn't be fair and yes I do agree with they should because they get money for mostly doing nothing but again that wouldn't be fair and they would put up a fight.
@6HG4XSS5yrs5Y
Regardless of what you make 10% is 10%. Everyone should have the same tax rate. If I make 20K a year I would pay 2,000.00 in taxes... If I made 2 million a year, I would pay 200,000.00 in taxes. The rich would automatically pay more because they make more. Its shouldn't be that complicated.
@7WS27NT5yrs5Y
No, Raise taxes on items of opulence. Different tax rates based on how much you make don't make sense, either charge a flat dollar amount per person, or increase sales tax on items progressively as they go up in "luxury" status. (ie. A basic phone/car/etc should not be taxed much, if at all, but a high end one should have a high end tax)
@7Y67TWY5yrs5Y
Switch to a all sales tax
@8KLLCKT5yrs5Y
Remove existing loopholes so they pay their share, and tax according to income.
@8HJP9WN5yrs5Y
Yes, and make sure that they don't launder money to avoid paying taxes.
@8KPSQ5R5yrs5Y
It just depends but I mean, they have the money, but for sure lower the taxes on people who are poorer.
@8KRQRTQ5yrs5Y
They should pay the same tax percentage anyone else has to.
@87KZ8P55yrs5Y
Yes and add a tax on luxuries without loopholes on things that don't contribute to health (tobacco, video games, jewelry, boats, dog accessories, cars that are for show, soda, cakes) or put you in danger to get a thrill (racing, motorcycles, sking, mountain climbing, sky diving)
@8KTMR7K5yrs5Y
No not really because it isn't fair
@8KV4MJZ5yrs5Y
Yes but only raise the taxes for the rich not anyone else.
@8KY7QTD5yrs5Y
Yes, implement a graduated income tax and remove all existing tax loopholes for large corporations.
@8L45WR25yrs5Y
Yes as long as the increase is not a crazy amount.
@3QH7LMP5yrs5Y
Abolish the income tax and replace with nothing.
@8LHBBC55yrs5Y
maybe slightly increase the riches taxes and tax more big corporations but don't raise taxes for middle class and lower class people, again, i dont really know a lot about this
@8LG9WPJ5yrs5Y
Yes, Tax rates should be reduced across the board, fewer brackets should be allowed (especially those families making under $100,000 a year), corporate taxes should be competitive with the developed world and deductions (loopholes) should be reduced.
@8LJSQNQ5yrs5Y
@8LM77CM5yrs5Y
Yes, they should slightly raise it more so that they can give those taxes from the rich to whoever they need financial help with. Possible even help modern technology or society.
@8LWFHFX5yrs5Y
Abolish the income tax (a disincentive to productivity), and raise property tax to full rental value (guaranteeing land as a public good and incentivizing productive use of the land).
@8LZGM3L5yrs5Y
Absolutely not because they have worked for that money over their years and acquired it. Just because they’re rich does not mean they should have to pay more taxes than everyone else.
@8LZKM6T5yrs5Y
Its not that the rich aren't somehow not paying their taxes. They take advantage of the write-offs that have been allowed and that anyone would take advantage of if afforded the opportunity. Overall the write-offs for the rich and the rest will take care of itself.
@8LYLWBG5yrs5Y
No, Instead tax the bigger corporations
@8M2N4TZ5yrs5Y
Yes, similar to Chicago’s fair tax all people who make a certain amount should have a tax raise
@8G4Q6KZ5yrs5Y
Yes, and lower taxes for the poor. Large corporations and all individuals should not have be allowed loopholes that prevent or dramatically reduce taxes.
@8M64XKW5yrs5Y
No taxes should be raised at all until the other 47% of Americans pay taxes.
@88VD7395yrs5Y
Abolish the income tax and cut the federal budget.
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