That is, many real people will pay higher taxes in 2013 than they did in 2012.
Are Scots really more public-spirited than the English, and if so are they prepared to pay higher taxes?
And when they get there, if times are good, we can have them give back or pay higher taxes.
The wealthy will pay higher taxes if they feel the money is well spent and others are also giving.
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Perhaps someone should ask him whether this is what he means about being willing to pay higher taxes himself?
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This bears heavily on those in paid employment, who find they have to pay higher taxes than they otherwise would.
Arison reportedly suggested that he would take the cruise line to China if he were forced to pay higher taxes.
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Others have said they would personally be happy to pay higher taxes.
Do Americans want to pay higher taxes to pay down our debt?
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For those on fixed incomes and counting on dividends to help pay their bills, having to pay higher taxes could be devastating.
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We should not hold them to a situation where they may end up having to pay higher taxes just by hiring more workers.
Cooperman repeatedly emphasizes his willingness in principle to pay higher taxes, though he sees nothing wrong with paying at the lowest possible rate the law allows.
Mr. Obama may want to disinter an infamous line from then candidate but ever gaffemeister Joe Biden, who quipped that it was patriotic to pay higher taxes.
The White House wants to force wealthier Americans to pay higher taxes by eliminating tax breaks, and it is now calling for wage increases for poorer Americans.
IR--You take it as given that Britain's National Health Service is in financial crisis (March 15th), and imply that people are unwilling to pay higher taxes to help improve it.
Firm in their belief that deficits are too high, Americans are equally firm in their insistence that their favorite federal programs remain untouched and that only rich people pay higher taxes.
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The Supreme Court will render such action moot if it strikes down DOMA. And if that happens, many same-sex couples will celebrate, even if it means that some will pay higher taxes.
If corporations must pay higher taxes, and income taxes rise for investors, that can provide a disincentive for firms to continue paying a dividend or, at least, paying a dividend as high.
They could do what the Democrats allege: Scale back tax preferences in such a way that middle-income households pay higher taxes than they do today while high-income people enjoy a tax cut.
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The upper class might go along with this, because it is easier to pay higher taxes than to become involved in the lives of fellow citizens whom the rich no longer understand.
This confusion spills over into the rest of the economy, especially smaller businesses that can least afford to pay higher taxes, higher wages, higher gas prices, pricey dinners with lobbyists, and so on.
In mid-August the wealth team at Forbes asked a subset of billionaires who we are in touch with the same question: Do you agree with Warren Buffett, and would you pay higher taxes?
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But I think most people, at least those of us in upper middle income classes and above, would gladly pay higher taxes if it would enable more of our children to participate in school sports.
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What is missing from all this talk about tax is the fact that although the rich pay higher taxes than the poor, middle-class people actually pay a higher percentage of their income in total taxes.
This confusion spills over into the rest of the economy, especially smaller businesses that can least afford to pay higher taxes, higher wages and higher gas prices or for pricey dinners with lobbyists, and so forth.
But the health secretary Alan Milburn favours such a tax, and there is increasing recognition in Downing Street that the public would be more willing to pay higher taxes if they knew where the money was going, and approved of its use.
So because all this spending is popular with both Republicans and Democrats alike, and because nobody wants to pay higher taxes, politicians are often eager to feed the impression that solving the problem is just a matter of eliminating waste and abuse.
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