Millionaires Go Missing: Maryland's fleeced taxpayers fight back.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124329282377252471.html

Great read.

Maryland imposes a new tax on only millionaires, 1/3 of the millionaires leave and the state ends up losing 100 million dollars the next year.

Obviously those millionaires are freedom hating terrorist supporters that want to destroy America.

But more seriously: "No doubt the majority of that loss in millionaire filings results from the recession."

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Obviously those millionaires are freedom hating terrorist supporters that want to destroy America.

More like racist, black hating, elitists that just want to step all over the poor working class man trying to put food on his kids table.

Originally posted by KidRock
More like racist, black hating, elitists that just want to step all over the poor working class man trying to put food on his kids table.

We should put them in Guantanamo.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
We should put them in Guantanamo.

Rich white men don't go to prison.

Originally posted by KidRock
Rich white men don't go to prison.

As it should be. That's why we declare them enemy combatants first.

Or you could just prevent them from leaving the state, confiscate their passports and issue arrest warrants for those of whom were delinquent on their taxes... If we actually collected on all delinquent/illegally sheltered taxes, even after all the spending we'd have a $2 trillion budget surplus form these ****ing deadbeats.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Or you could just prevent them from leaving the state, confiscate their passports and issue arrest warrants for those of whom were delinquent on their taxes... If we actually collected on all delinquent/illegally sheltered taxes, even after all the spending we'd have a $2 trillion budget surplus form these ****ing deadbeats.

So arrest people because they move away to avoid unfair and outrageous taxes?

If they're guilty of previous egregious tax evasion, yes. As in hiding millions or more in offshore bank accounts or not filing returns for decades. I'm talking about collection.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
If they're guilty of previous egregious tax evasion, yes. As in hiding millions or more in offshore bank accounts or not filing returns for decades. I'm talking about collection.

But what about those who resided in another state for 6 months and 1 day out of the tax year, specifically to avoid the tax hike. (BTW, that's the point of the thread.)

Leave em alone but make them ineligible for any tax credits and prevent them from voting in Maryland.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
If they're guilty of previous egregious tax evasion, yes. As in hiding millions or more in offshore bank accounts or not filing returns for decades. I'm talking about collection.

Ok so you're talking about something completely unrelated to the thread.

do you really think that at least some of those millionaires aren't evading taxes? If you're under investigation for something like that, you shouldn't be able to leave the state or country. Best way to stop them from leaving maryland and pay their fair share is to investigate the ones with reasonable suspicion and use opinion polls regarding the distribution of wealth in America and taxation to form the basis of a campaign of public shaming against the rest. No matter where you live, life's pretty hard when everyone thinks your an ass and hates you.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
do you really think that at least some of those millionaires aren't evading taxes? If you're under investigation for something like that, you shouldn't be able to leave the state or country. Best way to stop them from leaving maryland and pay their fair share is to investigate the ones with reasonable suspicion and use opinion polls regarding the distribution of wealth in America and taxation to form the basis of a campaign of public shaming against the rest. No matter where you live, life's pretty hard when everyone thinks your an ass and hates you.

Did the article say anything about them leaving to evade taxes?

They left because they didn't want to pay the higher tax bracket anymore. If they were evading taxes all these years..why would they leave? They obviously haven't been caught yet hiding the money, so why would the new taxes affect them?

And if you haven't noticed it seems like the lower classes already think the rich are asses and hate them, even if they are law abiding citizens. It is a shame though that because you have money it's assumed you must be hiding some or evading taxes.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Leave em alone but make them ineligible for any tax credits and prevent them from voting in Maryland.

Removing a tax credit is the same thing as raising taxes. And why would they be registered voters in Maryland if they resided in another state a minimum of 6 months and 1 day out of the year? Why would they even want to register to vote in that state? Well...to change the law, for sure. 😄

those tax rates are nothing, nothing compared what they would have been paying 30 years ago or if they were anywhere else on the planet that wasn't a crap hole.

The tax raise should be enforced on a federal level.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
those tax rates are nothing, nothing compared what they would have been paying 30 years ago or if they were anywhere else on the planet that wasn't a crap hole.

Yeah, nothing, and people are leaving over just that. Imagine if it was higher and enforced at a federal level..devastation, only a complete idiot would want something like this.

Originally posted by King Kandy
The tax raise should be enforced on a federal level.

I agree. They don't pay nearly as much, relative to their income, as I do. that's not fair, now is it?

If they had to pay..what? 20%, they wouldn't be happy campers.

Originally posted by KidRock
Yeah, nothing, and people are leaving over just that. Imagine if it was higher and enforced at a federal level..devastation, only a complete idiot would want something like this.

Actually if you raise taxes high enough they'll all leave and take over a small weak country (let's say England) and then, free of regulation and taxes, found a utopian society where craps dream dust. Seeing this everyone will follow their example and bring about the end of all problems in the world.

So if you think about it from position of economic conservatism insanely high taxes are a good thing.