I thought actors had a deferral clause in the tax code.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Members of The Party always want rules that apply to YOU, not to them. It's the same in all communist countries.

They want things to be (D)ifferent. It's also why they're always in favor of "charity" with government money and not their own.

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USAid - charity for all !

Meanwhile us peasants till the fields

The general sentiment is for people to want to tax everyone who is wealthier than or isn't themselves in order for government to be empowered to do they things they personally want it to do, instead of working and paying for that thing to be done at some scale by their own personal effort.

It's mostly pretty selfish where there isn't a clear universal and socially necessary good that promotes the minimal stabile function of society.

I wonder whether and how much these tax proposals take into account the potential for capital/wealth flight. My guess is not as much as they should.

"Tax the rich" is racist. It will hurt rich millionaire NFL/NBA/MLB football/basketball/baseball players and rappers the most.

Looking at New York and California., I would say that they don't at all.

"I'm just a hard working Joe who deserves to keep their money! But anyone who makes a dollar more than me is a bourgeois SOB capitalist swine who deserves to be taxed at 90% and their money redistributed to me!" -Every Dem

My response to this is that no one is stopping them from paying more than their tax bill. You want to "tax the rich" to pay for social programs, then you should be gladly paying extra every year on your own.

KingofHazor said:

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If Dems love to tax the rich, why don't they start with the celebrities that love them so much?

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Dems and celebs have always been absolutely tone deaf on this topic.

This past week Kristen Stewart lamented the capitalist attitude of Hollywood. This is a girl worth about 100 million, living in a 7 million dollar home in the Hollywood hills.

Billie Eilish is worth 60 million, and lives in a 14 million dollar home. She recently lectured billionaires for having too much money....while she continues to rake in millions.

We could make a long list of celebs who have millions, who also criticize capitalism and espouse socialistic beliefs.

I think my favorite is AOC showing up to the Met Gala, which celebrates excess, in a $5,500 dress that says 'tax the rich'. All the while she went from bartender to worth a few million (mostly in her hubby's name), on a $174k a year.

I'm not even mad at the grifters. I'm upset at the morons (fans/constituents) who can't see what's right in front of them.

From seeing how rich "our" congressmen have gotten off of kickbacks/bribes under the guise of campaign donations, I think Americans should pay a lot less in taxes. Our country is being run by crooks, buffoons, lunatics and too few good men!

And what about the Biden administration stealing $92 Billion dollars in their final 6 weeks? Payments to companies nobody ever hear of! It's outright theft!

We taxpayers are being taken to the cleaners!

No, they mean the really, really rich. Those rich celebrities with multi-million dollar mansions in Hollywood and vacation homes in exotic places are closer to being broke than being Elon Musk, so they're basically broke just like you and me and are acceptably rich.

Remember the Terrible Trifecta that I keep bringing up.

Think about it.

Leftists: "Tax the rich!!!"
People with a brain: "'Rich' is a meaningless term, and we don't have a wealth tax".
Leftists: "Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

KingofHazor said:

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If Dems love to tax the rich, why don't they start with the celebrities that love them so much?

If the rich ought to pay their "fair share", then how can it be fair for musicians in their 80s to still be collecting millions in royalties from songs they sang, frequently written by someone else, decades ago? Why shouldn't royalties from any song, movie, book, etc. that was written more than 10 years ago be transferred to the government or, better yet, expire?

If the R's adopted a "tax the rich" platform, but designated specifically for artists and celebrities, it would be fun to watch those artists and celebrities squirm and turn summersaults trying to explain why it shouldn't apply to them.

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Over 50 billionaires/millionaires gave Harris that $1.4 billion dollars she wasted trying to beat Trump.

That is more than what he got in donations.

I think that the R's should take that platform and watch the liberal rich squirm.

People almost never think of themselves as members of the elite or the upper class. If you track Bernie Sanders’s speeches over the past decade, you can see this dynamic play out in real time. During the 2015 Democratic primaries, he constantly talked about “the millionaires and… pic.twitter.com/z5FoAhWM0R

— Rob Henderson (@robkhenderson) December 26, 2025

Celebrities give us so much though their art, they don't need to be taxed.

FYI I gagged when I wrote this.

I still think about when the rock and Oprah asked for donations in the Hawaii tragedy and how ridiculous their act was. A billionaire and a man worth 800 millions asking us to help. Wow, really?

Apparently, they hate billionaires too, but somehow don't hate Beyonce, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, or Oprah.

They're free to pay as much extra as they wish every April 15th.

That's not how this works. They have tax shelters, tax attorneys, CPA's etc working night and day to get them to keep the most money possible. Taxes are for plebes and little people. the plebes also must suffer unarmed on ****ty public transportation while the elites ride in limos with armed security.

DrEvazanPhD said:

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In their mind, the "rich" make 200k. Not that that's a bad salary, but with today's inflation that's just comfortable, not rich.

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That's a firefighter and teacher's combined salary.

techno-ag said:

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DrEvazanPhD said:

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In their mind, the "rich" make 200k. Not that that's a bad salary, but with today's inflation that's just comfortable, not rich.

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That's a firefighter and teacher's combined salary.

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They actually probably set it at $400k for a family and even that is not rich. Two working professionals can make that but not be rich by any stretch.

Steven Spielberg $5.3 billion Film directing
George Lucas $5.4 billion Film production
David Geffen $8.8 billion Diversified investments
Michael Jordan $3.8 billion Sports and endorsements
Oprah Winfrey $3.1 billion Television and media
Taylor Swift $1.6 billion Music and touring
Rihanna $1 billion Music and Fenty Beauty
Kim Kardashian $1.7 billion Fashion and media
LeBron James $1.2 billion Sports and endorsements
Bruce Springsteen $1.2 billion Music

techno-ag said:

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DrEvazanPhD said:

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In their mind, the "rich" make 200k. Not that that's a bad salary, but with today's inflation that's just comfortable, not rich.

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That's a firefighter and teacher's combined salary.

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Not in Texas

DrEvazanPhD said:

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In their mind, the "rich" make 200k. Not that that's a bad salary, but with today's inflation that's just comfortable, not rich.

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But if you asked them how much THEY would need to make to be rich, it would be over $500k/yr.

doubledog said:

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"Tax the rich" is racist. It will hurt rich millionaire NFL/NBA/MLB football/basketball/baseball players and rappers the most.

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ffs the idiocy

Income Group Top 1%
Representation of Black Households
~1-2%
Representation of White Households
~85-90%
Income Group Top 20%
Representation of Black Households
~5-7%
Representation of White Households
~75-80%

A White person is roughly 7-8x more likely to be in the 1% than a Black person.
Less than 0.5% of all Black households are in the top 1%.

Roughly 1 in 4 White households are in the top 20%.
Roughly 1 in 10 Black households are in the top 20%.

NormanEH said:

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doubledog said:

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"Tax the rich" is racist. It will hurt rich millionaire NFL/NBA/MLB football/basketball/baseball players and rappers the most.

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ffs the idiocy

Income Group Top 1%
Representation of Black Households
~12%
Representation of White Households
~85-90%
Income Group Top 20%
Representation of Black Households
~57%
Representation of White Households
~75-80%

A White person is roughly 7-8x more likely to be in the 1% than a Black person.
Less than 0.5% of all Black households are in the top 1%.

Roughly 1 in 4 White households are in the top 20%.
Roughly 1 in 10 Black households are in the top 20%.

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You realize that blacks only make up about 14% of the US population right? Their percentage of the top 1% about lines up perfectly, so what is your point?

just realized the paste deleted some hyphens. corrected

Income Group Top 1%
Representation of Black Households
~1-2% (Not 12)