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Originally posted by Jeffesq
reply to post by king9072
As a Tax Attorney, the failure to ratify the 16th Amend argument is valid, however is ignored. If I argue this in Court, I face a 25k fine.
Before too many of you jump on the bandwagon of not paying taxes, realize that some tax protest movements have made it a crime to sell the how to books.
Additionally Tax Court Judges hammer those whom use these arguments, and there are dozens of cases against the Tax Protest movement. Jeff Esq.
Originally posted by Jim Scott
I pay my taxes and vote. Perhaps you believe your vote is meaningless. I do not. Taxes are the fuel that runs our government, whatever you may think of it. Personally, I believe it is the best on Earth at the moment. I am not in favor of tyranny, nor am I in favor of bloodshed, over this issue. However, if you wish to change the system, I suggest you use our form of government to make those changes. Move upon your legal congressional representatives to put forth laws that make these changes you so desire. In the absence of your legal rights being used, your recourse is to militate against the established civilized code we have all passively agreed is both operative and convenient to date.
The corruption of mankind is another story. By removing the moral code from public places and events, the thunderclap of resultant immorality rumbles from the grass roots to the highest seats in government. We have corrupted ourselves, and then we stand in wonder and hate the result.
January 12, 1984
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President,
....
Resistance to additional income taxes would be even more widespread if people were aware that:
* One-third of all their taxes is consumed by waste and inefficiency in the Federal Government as we identified in our survey.
* Another one-third of all their taxes escapes collection from others as the underground economy blossoms in direct proportion to tax increases and places even more pressure on law abiding taxpayers, promoting still more underground economy-a vicious cycle that must be broken.
* With two-thirds of everyone's personal income taxes wasted or not collected, 100 percent of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal debt and by Federal Government contributions to transfer payments. In other words, all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services which taxpayers expect from their Government.
Originally posted by badmedia
Your taxes do not pay for any services at all. Documented by the government.
Grace Commission Report
January 12, 1984
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. President,
....
Resistance to additional income taxes would be even more widespread if people were aware that:
* One-third of all their taxes is consumed by waste and inefficiency in the Federal Government as we identified in our survey.
* Another one-third of all their taxes escapes collection from others as the underground economy blossoms in direct proportion to tax increases and places even more pressure on law abiding taxpayers, promoting still more underground economy-a vicious cycle that must be broken.
* With two-thirds of everyone's personal income taxes wasted or not collected, 100 percent of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal debt and by Federal Government contributions to transfer payments. In other words, all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services which taxpayers expect from their Government.
Any questions?
Originally posted by earthship35
Right on brother i"m not paying mine either for this or last year.They can put me in jail ,as long as i am costing them money by prosecuting and paying for me to be in jail.