by Southern Dad » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:33 am
Okay, so we've established that you want to really sock it to lottery winners because they didn't earn it, they won it. First, we up the tax on lottery winners… Where do we go next? Should we tax trust funds at a higher rate next? How about school bus drivers? I mean, all they do is drive. What income sources should we tax at what percentages? Besides causing our already complicated tax system to be even more complicated, would you really accomplish anything? A couple dozen people wind up paying more because of lottery winnings. What is the cutoff? Is it only the PowerBall and Mega Millions? Or are you planning to nail those that win $2 on a scratch off?