Raising Taxes

A bit tongue in cheek, but Tim Worstall at TCS does a rather nifty takedown of all those who would like to raise your taxes. Apparently you can give money to the government, and people do -- to the tune of $2,671,628.40 last year. So I suppose I could (like
Tim does) support taxes being raised -- but only by that amount or a little more, maybe.

If interested, here's the address:

Gifts to the United States
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Credit Accounting Branch
3700 East-West Highway, Room 6D37
Hyattsville, MD 20782

He ends with a very nice summation:

"All the talk from the Democrats that taxes should be raised is just that: talk. They mean taxes should rise for you, not that they should rise for them. For if they really did believe that the Federal Government spends money better, more wisely, deserves it more, than they themselves do, wouldn't there be rather more flowing into that account? "

Ouch, that smarts. Can't wait to see Senators Kennedy, Schumer, Clinton, Kerry, Durbin, Dodd, et al. walk up to the trough and pitch in. Maybe Sen. Obama can show them where it is if they have to be helped.