[Rearden]

In this political season, we hear a lot of wealthy Democrats pleading that the government increase the income tax rate(s) of the wealthiest Americans to what they were during the 1990s.

If McCain wins and that doesn't happen, I propose that the government set up a program where these wealthy Democrats (and anybody else) can voluntarily pay the higher taxes. In turn, they can receive a plaque or a license plate frame, or something that will allow them to display their status as a hard-core Democrat. This would replace people driving around for years with Gore or Kerry bumper stickers on their cars.

Do you think people would voluntarily pay the higher taxes? Or do they rely on the compulsion of the government to do what they feel is the right thing?