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We will not pay: the Americans withholding their taxes to fight Trump
The Guardian ^ | Feb 15, 2017 | Joanna Walters

Posted on 02/15/2017 9:01:43 AM PST by Alissa

Andrew Newman always pays his taxes, even if he hates what the government is doing with them. But not this year. For him, Donald Trump is the dealbreaker. He’ll pay his city and state taxes but will refuse to pay federal income tax as a cry of civil disobedience against the president and his new administration.

Newman is not alone. A nascent movement has been detected to revive the popularity of tax resistance – last seen en masse in America during the Vietnam war but which has been, sporadically, a tradition in the US and beyond going back many centuries.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; taxes; trump
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1 posted on 02/15/2017 9:01:43 AM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa

This will end well for them.


2 posted on 02/15/2017 9:02:34 AM PST by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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To: Alissa

Hey Putz, the IRS is NOT your friend!


3 posted on 02/15/2017 9:03:34 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Alissa

Hahaha... Good luck with that.


4 posted on 02/15/2017 9:03:39 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Alissa

Cue the popcorn.


5 posted on 02/15/2017 9:03:49 AM PST by Radio Free Tuscaloosa (God Bless...America!! - Adm. Jeremiah Denton (RIP))
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To: Alissa

IRS will be cleaned out and they will go to jail. Good luck with that.


6 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:14 AM PST by tioga
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To: Alissa

Fine. Charge them with felony tax evasion and make sure they can never vote again. No representation without taxation.


7 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:16 AM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~ur/base/*)
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To: Alissa

Hey! I thought they were all moving to Canada! What’s up with this?


8 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:27 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Alissa

Already posted here earlier under another jipped media venue. The guy and others are still idiots. They are welcomed to go toe-to-toe with the IRS and see who wins.

They really are so stupid it’s pitiful. They don’t even know the best way to cripple the tax intake.


9 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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Hey, more money for the US when they get hit with penalty and interest


10 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:51 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: Alissa

I guess we’ll just have to cut the funding to NPR then. And then arrest them.


11 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:54 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Alissa

So Al Sharpton was just protesting against 0bama by NOT paying HIS taxes?

*SNORT*


12 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:55 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Alissa

This is going to be good.


13 posted on 02/15/2017 9:04:57 AM PST by Principled (OMG I'm so tired of all this winning....)
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To: Alissa

Suddenly, FReepers become massive fans of the IRS.

Howabout some more creative thinking, and trying to figure out how to leverage this phenomenon into the abolition of the federal income tax?


14 posted on 02/15/2017 9:05:56 AM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: Alissa

It is generally not a good idea to not pay the IRS if your reason is a protest against government.


15 posted on 02/15/2017 9:06:10 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Principled

Put them in jail!


16 posted on 02/15/2017 9:06:14 AM PST by Herman Ball
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To: Principled

Put them in jail!


17 posted on 02/15/2017 9:06:14 AM PST by Herman Ball
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To: Alissa

These losers keep coming out of the woodwork. How many more are there?


18 posted on 02/15/2017 9:07:49 AM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: Alissa
Andrew Newman

What, me worry?

19 posted on 02/15/2017 9:10:27 AM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Alissa

Cool. Felons can’t vote. Get in line liberal fools.


20 posted on 02/15/2017 9:11:11 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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