Daniel Radcliffe: Rich Should Subsidize Poorer People Working 'Just As Hard'

[Galraedia]

Daniel Radcliffe has already defeated Voldemort. Now he's moving on to the tax rates of one percenters like himself.

The actor, best known for his starring role as Harry Potter and worth an estimated $47,448,000, said he's dropping his support for the U.K.'s Liberal Democratic party in large part because of their stance on taxes, according to an interview with Attitude Magazine slated to be published this week, cited by the Guardian.

"I think, if you make a lot more money than most people -- like I do -- you should pay more tax and subsidise people who work just as hard as you, but don't earn as much," Radcliffe said.

Radcliffe joins some of his super-wealthy counterparts in the U.S. who are advocating for a tax boost on the wealthy, an issue that has become central to the presidential campaign. Warren Buffett first highlighted the issue in an August op-ed in The New York Times, where he argued that the super-rich should be taxed at a rate that is at least the same or higher as that of the middle class.

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[tblue]

1. I've seen him interviewed and he is ADORABLE!

Much cuter than he was as Harry Potter. What a charming, sweet guy. I am glad he's successful in other roles and isn't being pigeonholed.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. I just watched the Treasure Island remake he was in..

second best castaway portrayal after Hanks

[hifiguy]

2. Good for him.

He gets it.

[suffragette]

3. K&R

[johnlucas]

4. Daniel has his morals in the right place

Daniel Radcliffe has his morals right.
The strong are supposed to take care of the weak in this human family.
Those strong in wealth must support those weak in wealth by contributing to the infrastructure in this civilizational ecology.
Those efforts will justify the inordinate individual wealth, the inordinate out-of-balance-ness of the situation.
There's always problems when ecologies are out-of-balance.

We all know (or SHOULD know) this is not a meritocracy & that the most important jobs nearly never get the most financial reward. Who lives without farmers & hunters producing & procuring our food? Who lives without the janitor & sewage workers tamping down disease-causing filth? What about well-diggers & others who ensure the drinkability & cleanliness of the water we can't live without? What about the teachers of many walks not just the public school system who educate us to be able to do any of these essential things?
So those fortunate enough to live like kings in this out-of-balance system we live in should have no problem making contributions to the society which made them so kingly fortunate. It's the LEAST they can do to be honest.

I personally could not sleep at night if I knew I had more wealth that would last me several lifetimes & there was somebody in the world starving with vultures around them waiting to die. All that BS justification under the umbrella of "I worked hard, I deserve it!" doesn't vibe with me. Because in the end, I know these rewards did NOT come from only MY efforts.

You don't get wealthy without many people being involved in the production of that wealth. That's why they call them companies & corporations. Because it's from a gathering of peoples, a body of peoples.

Peter Parker's Uncle Ben said "With great power comes great responsibility."
The world suffers because the wealthy have shirked their responsibilities.
Now you know the REAL meaning behind Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".
One meaning of "atlas" is a collection of maps. Those maps represent a world.

They shrugged off their responsibilities to this world.
John Lucas

[SaintPete]

5. Isn't it nice to see a child star thats NOT fucked up?

This kid has been a millionaire, and in the adoring spotlight of a bazillion fans, since he was 11 years old. The odds were against him coming out of the process with his sanity, let alone with a highly developed moral character.

What an excellent surprise.

[xchrom]

6. Excellent, mr. Radcliffe. Nt

[Zalatix]

7. +1000000 to Daniel Radcliffe for paying it forward

It seems the money I spent on Harry Potter movies was more well-spent than I realized.

[white_wolf]

8. J.K. Rowling said much the same in an interview a while back.

She was once very poor on welfare and raising a child with no help from the father. She outright said she and her child only survived because of England's safety net and she happily pays her taxes to help those who need it.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. JK Rowling:

"I chose to remain a domiciled taxpayer for a couple of reasons. The main one was that I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent as Britain’s; to be citizens, with everything that implies, of a real country, not free-floating ex-pats, living in the limbo of some tax haven and associating only with the children of similarly greedy tax exiles.
A second reason, however, was that I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life hit rock bottom, that safety net, threadbare though it had become under John Major’s Government, was there to break the fall. I cannot help feeling, therefore, that it would have been contemptible to scarper for the West Indies at the first sniff of a seven-figure royalty cheque. This, if you like, is my notion of patriotism. On the available evidence, I suspect that it is Lord Ashcroft’s idea of being a mug."

[truebrit71]

11. What a brilliant sentiment...

...and it seems Mr Radcliffe feels similarly...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/06/daniel-radcliffe-ends-lib-dem-support?CMP=NECNETTXT766

I am especially pleased with his 'militant Atheism'...and his openly pro-gay marriage stance..

Good lad!!

[suffragette]

13. Nice to know this

Well stated by Rowling.

And thanks for posting it.

[marmar]

9. Good for Harry Potter.

nt

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Radcliffe is a really good actor, as well as one righteous man.

I like his work, and I like the things he says to the press and the way he conducts his career. He does lots of work in the theater, which one does not need to do when one is worth an estimated endless fortune constantly increasing no matter what one does. He makes work for others when he hits the stage and he draws new Potter fan eyes to the theater, these are good things, and I respect him for doing them.

[Laelth]

14. Hear, hear! k&r n/t

-Laelth

[DiverDave]

15. Good on him

now if only more would do the same...

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. I would be proud to call that boy my son.

And then I would ask him to get me free tickets to Universal on Mother's Day so we can enjoy some fish and chips at Harry Potter World.