People like Redford claim the way to make America work better is to pass laws forcing people like them to pay more in taxes. Then, the state of New York forces Redford to pay more in taxes, and my does that tune change. Imagine how many wind farm subsidies this could fund! Or, film festivals! Look, I have no particular desire to see Redford’s income taxed twice, but I am not an activist for the ideology that loves the estate tax and refuses to recognize that when, say, Mitt Romney pays a lower effective tax rate on income from dividends, it’s partly because that income has already been taxed once. Further, being that Redford likely falls into the ultra-rich category that would theoretically be made to pay more taxes under the fanciful Buffett Rule President Obama suggested but never had a plan for passing, why not just consider this his fair share tax? He and his super-rich, ideological brethren have been sitting around waiting for the government to force them to pay more, and New York has obliged Mr. Redford. He should count himself lucky. Perhaps Redford thinks he could better forward the causes of environmentalism and the arts with his $1.6 million instead of the state. If so, I say join the club. He’s less detestably hypocritical than Michael Moore and the Rev. Al Sharpton on this issue, at least. To bolster his case, Redford cites something called the New York State Constitution, according to the Washington Times, so perhaps we can hope he’ll be reading other founding documents to inform his other policy preferences in the future.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:33:56 +0000
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