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Comedian/Actor Chris Rock is the latest celebrity to come forward and say he wouldn’t mind paying higher taxes, sharing his thoughts on the economic crisis with the Associated Press.

“I’ll pay higher taxes. I look at it this way I can pay higher taxes and people can have jobs or I can pay lower taxes and I have my kid’s teacher asking me for a loan because she’s going to lose her house, which is true,” Rock said. “So I’m going to lose the money no matter what.”

In 2009, Forbes estimated Rock’s yearly earnings at $42 million. President Barack Obama has said individuals making more than $1 million a year should not pay a lower tax rate than middle class families, a position that has earned him charges of “class warfare” by Republicans.

In December, rapper Jay-Z declared “most people with a conscience” shouldn’t have a problem paying higher taxes.