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You are allowed to overpay the IRS. If he'd like to pay more no one is stopping him from sending a check.

I think most rich folks would pay more if they knew everyone who was rich was also doing so.

there is a parity issue at play... and if you're going to donate there are more efficient ways to do so than giving it to the government (i.e. create three jobs by starting a cafe, invest in startups, etc).

what bothers me is that giving any money to the gov-t is the least efficient way, because the gov-t is not efficient with money. That brings the question, do we really need to raise taxes or open more opportunities for charitable foundations to do what gov-t cannot.

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