In 2010 in Denmark there was an initiative done for people wanting to pay more in taxes - people who claimed in the public debate, that they really wanted to pay more.
The tax department opened up a bank account, that people could pay in extra taxes for, if they wanted. If you felt like you should pay more, you could.
Two years later, the initiative was shut down - having accumulated about 15000USD (fifteen THOUSAND) - in a country with 5.5M inhabitants.
A lot of people want OTHERS to pay more in taxes and some people SAY they should pay more in taxes to score some cheap karma-points. Almost nobody ACTUALLY want to pay more in taxes.
The tax department opened up a bank account, that people could pay in extra taxes for, if they wanted. If you felt like you should pay more, you could.
Two years later, the initiative was shut down - having accumulated about 15000USD (fifteen THOUSAND) - in a country with 5.5M inhabitants.
A lot of people want OTHERS to pay more in taxes and some people SAY they should pay more in taxes to score some cheap karma-points. Almost nobody ACTUALLY want to pay more in taxes.