People who make open Maoists look sane! No matter what one thinks of the IRS and income taxes, playing along with Uncle Fed is a good way of avoiding messy legal problems. If you want to abolish the income tax work within the political system to get rid of it. I believe there are several current and former members of Congress (including a former majority leader) who are for replacing the income tax with a consumption (sales or VAT) tax. It isn't as if there is taxation without representation.
No matter what one thinks of the IRS and income taxes, playing along with Uncle Fed is a good way of avoiding messy legal problems.
But these people actually believe (or say) that forced payment of income tax is illegal. It's not. There is no valid legal argument supporting this.
My favorite argument is that Ohio wasn't a state when they ratified the income tax.
What? Ohio not a state in the early 20th century? News to you? News to Ohioans, too. What happened is that in 1803, Ohio was named a state, though no formal resolution was passed by Congress to admit Ohio to the Union. No such resolution is necessary (they passed an act, i
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
saftey deserve neither liberty not saftey."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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No matter what one thinks of the IRS and income taxes, playing along with Uncle Fed is a good way of avoiding messy legal problems. If you want to abolish the income tax work within the political system to get rid of it. I believe there are several current and former members of Congress (including a former majority leader) who are for replacing the income tax with a consumption (sales or VAT) tax. It isn't as if there is taxation without representation.
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People who make open Maoists look sane!
No matter what one thinks of the IRS and income taxes, playing along with Uncle Fed is a good way of avoiding messy legal problems.
But these people actually believe (or say) that forced payment of income tax is illegal. It's not. There is no valid legal argument supporting this.
My favorite argument is that Ohio wasn't a state when they ratified the income tax.
What? Ohio not a state in the early 20th century? News to you? News to Ohioans, too. What happened is that in 1803, Ohio was named a state, though no formal resolution was passed by Congress to admit Ohio to the Union. No such resolution is necessary (they passed an act, i