[Libloather]

That's how we would get the FairTax, the flat tax, a national sales tax, or whatever it is...

That'll piss off the auditors. Turn those folks into border patrol officers...

[Jim_Curtis]

What if 40 or 50 million of us just refused to pay taxes. What are they going to do?

Interesting idea. They can't throw the taxpayers in jail because there would be no one to pay the prison guards.

[verity]

Perhaps Rush would volunteer to show us the way.

[Just mythoughts]

The tax pimps, and I am not talking about the IRS they do what they are told, but those haughty, wealthy, other peoples wealth, re-distributors called Congress need a signal.

Wonder what they would do if there was a week of NO WORK, NO GAS, and NO Cigaretes?

We have become their SLAVES!!!!

[Reddy]

My cousin works at the IRS. Just recently, she laughingly recounted the story of some poor slob who called her distraught because the tax preparer made some mistakes and now there were penalites and interest that needed to be paid. My cousin told the guy he should have made sure the tax return was accurate, after all he had signed it.

Rush is brave. The IRS has more power than any other government agency. Ask Al Capone.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Isn't Irwin Schiff in jail for expressing nearly the same thing?

[Jack of all Trades]

Suddenly I'm picturing future Senator Bluto Blutarski exhorting his distraught Delta brothers:

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... The tough get going! Who's with me? Let's go! (run's from room screaming).

[Waco]

Dumbing down the Ed. system may pay off yet. The Fed/Guv can't get enough help that can handle the job, and besides that they HAVE to hire the correct numbers of various mainorities, just to be fair.

[Pelham]

Oh yeah, that will work... suddenly the Bush administration would discover laws that it could enforce against millions of people, unlike those evil immigration laws.

[Calpernia]

ping

[Windsong]

Hmm..a nation without taxes. Well, so much for the military. And all those SF places you hear about? Coronado Beach? Fort Bragg? Gone..

[Tenacious 1]

I sent $23K and change to the governments (state and local) from my income alone (not including sales) last year. I am still calculating what the government spent on me. If someone were to say $15K went to the war effort, "Mr. citizen, your money purchased a replacement tank tread on an M1 tank. The remainder went to pay for federal highways, the printing of currency and to pay the salaries of your civil servants," I might be inclined to be proud of the money I spent. I know better and instead I would guess that 40% of my money was wasted on programs and research that I would not have approved.

I would like at least our federal government to send me one additional huge form next year for me to work on. I would like them to send me a copy of the 2006 budget with a column down the side so that I may pick and choose the percentage I want my tax dollars to fund. If just 50% of the country took the time to do this, the government would quickly see just where the American people want the government to spend money.

[citizen]

Maybe the Illegals have it right, work for cash, no taxes withheld...

[socialismisinsidious]

What if 40 or 50 million of us just refused to pay taxes. What are they going to do?

we ALREADY have 12 million that aren't paying any taxes--the illegals!

We need to wake people up and remind them that these illegals are sucking off the system and never pay one cent in income/withholding tax.....the FairTax will take care of that as we take forever kicking them out the door.

[OKSooner]

Does this mean that Rush has gotten on board with the flat tax?

[Dead Corpse]

80 million gun owners. What'd happend if we stopped obeying the NFA of '34, the GCA of '68, the '86 FOPA, and the '89 Import ban?

Makes me feel kinda warm and fuzzy at the thought of real freedom...

[Cyber Ninja]

"Well, Rush, how do you we avoid paying when taxes are withheld?"

I'd work for free for a month or more. My employer would not be hurt and there would be nothing from which to withhold.

[manic4organic]

Bump

[capitalist229]

Tens of millons of baby boomers ARE dropping out.

It's called retirement.

There will be nothing that tax payers can do about it, except whine, pay their taxes, and SHUT UP (or go to jail).

BUMP

[samcgwire]

I've been saying this for years.

[IamConservative]

If what I read about what the government pays for goods is correct, I owe them 7 toilet seats, 8 cases of toilet paper and 3 cans on air freshener. Where should I send my payment?