STARVE THE BEAST: How to GO GALT and Avoid Paying Taxes (Without Moving or Quitting Your Job)

Reaganite Republican ^ | 08 November 2012 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

If the Obammunists are planning on building their paradise 

with my wallet, they're in for some disappointment...

What exactly is 'Going Galt'?

Think of it as a supply-side Cloward-Piven strategy...

starve the beast, rather than milk-it-dry:

'Going Galt' doesn't simply mean getting angry. That would be "Going Postal." It means having righteous indignation at the injustice of a political system that bails out individuals and institutions for irresponsible behavior and at the expense of those like you who prosper through hard work and personal responsibly. 

'Going Galt' means asking in the face of new taxes and government controls, "Why work at all?" "For whom am I working?" "Am I a slave?" 

'Going Galt' means recognizing that you're being punished not for your vices but for your virtues. 

'Going Galt' means recognizing that you have a moral right to your own life, the pursuit of your own happiness, and thus to the rewards you've earned with your labor. 

'Going Galt' means recognizing that you deserve praise and honor for your achievements rather than damnation as "exploiters." 

'Going Galt' means recognizing that you do not need to justify your life or wealth to your neighbors, "society," or politicians, or bureaucrats. They're yours, period! 

'Going Galt' means recognizing that the needs of others do not give them a claim to your time, effort, and achievements. 

'Going Galt' means shrugging off unearned guilt, refusing to support your own destroyers, refusing to give them what Ayn Rand termed "the sanction of the victim." 

It means taking the moral high ground by explicitly rejecting as evil the premise of "self-sacrifice" that they sell to you as a virtue— in fact "self-sacrifice" is an invitation to suicide.

The dark skies of coming times

What would de Tocqueville make of our current fix?

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years...”

At least the US of A made it to 232 before the takers outvoted the makers... alas, here we are.

While I retain the opinion that the Obama era will end with major international strategic setbacks and comprehensive financial collapse, being 'right' will provide little solace as we watch the world's greatest nation fall to it's knees.  

So why wait for the inevitable, when we can starve the beast, hasten that day of reckoning's arrival, and pick up the pieces from there? One FR commenter likened 'Going Galt' in-order to hasten the statists' demise to the difference between 'pulling the Band Aid off slowly... or just letting 'er rip' and getting it over with.

Yes, I'm a constitutionalist, a great believer in freedom and democracy, yet one that finds it hard to deny de Tocqueville's oft-proven wisdom above- the initial incarnation of American democracy may well be already gone.

But compared to a Chavez-like Obama 2nd term -one where Liberty vanishes and America is transformed into some sort of Soviet Union Lite- many would welcome a right-wing dictatorship, if the alternative was empowerment of leftist street mobs in the wake of an economic implosion. As typical of a nation in deep crisis, people will be open to whatever it takes to spare the country communist enslavement, foreign invasion, or comprehensive social collapse- well, politics has always been about choosing the lesser of two evils, eh.

The day the US Dollar dies will by itself mean the death of democracy in the USA -at least over the medium term- as we default to a barter society and Barack Obama is removed from office/resigns. No need to worry about Obama cancelling elections in 2016 to retain power when the dollar will never make it that far. Our feeble currency will surely crash under the weight of $20 TRILLION in debt, then it will get REAL ugly out there on the street, just like the mass tantrum we would have seen had Obama lost on Tuesday- but worse.

With democracy gone, only conservatives would ever have the desire to restore constitutional democracy, and OUR side has most the guns. The president has the power to declare Martial Law, yet the US military has been solidly opposed to Obama policy for some time now- if this administration drives the country over the fiscal clip, leading to chaos, there is little chance they'd cling to power (in the face of unrest) for long, and our military would never provide this goverment cold-blooded, Tiananmen Square level obedience, they are NOT bound to follow illegal orders, shoot US citizens, etc..

So while waiting for our Pinochet to arrive, here's what YOU can do to remove yourself from the Obama economy and starve this vile regime:

1. Buy used or new via secondary markets. Use Craigslist to find new stuff at less than retail... and you pay no taxes into the system. 

2. Contribute to the secondary market by having a yard sale, you've probably got tons of junk you haven't even seen in years. 

3. Forget status symbols and keeping-up-with-the-Jones'. Maybe you can afford that nice new car, but you’ll pay A TON of taxes on it. Find a lesser vehicle that makes you happy that feeds the beast less, perhaps one bartered from within the family. 

4. Invest and hold. Avoid taxable capital gains until Jan 2017. 

5. FIX YOUR STUFF instead of replacing it. So many people look at durable possessions as disposable. Take those pants to the tailor, or better yet, get a used sewing machine and fix them yourself. Find someone with a welding machine to fix that patio chair. 

6. Maintain your possessions properly. Clean the dust out of your computer. Keep on top of the car, house, and tools.

7. Plant a garden and grow as much of your own food as possible... and don't forget spices in your window box, fresh is best anyway.. 

8. Enjoy life more simply. Choose a day at the park over an afternoon at the movies.  Attend a church cookout instead of going to Outback.

9. Speaking of things like the movies - stop going (Ed- I did years ago). Wait for the DVD and rent it for $1 at Redbox. If there is a cheaper option to do something, take that option.

Or - here’s a radical idea - buy used books dirt cheap and READ. 

10. Set up two days a week to run errands. Run them all at once and efficiently instead of wasting money (and taxes) on fuel. If your workplace offers a work-from-home option, TAKE IT. (The 'green' Left will love this one, but we're talking about opportunities to avoid paying taxes into the system, while saving yourself some coin in the process) .

11. Create gifts instead of buying them. 

12. Barter for goods and services under-the-table

13. Avoid all union shops, products, and services

14. If possible, move to a low-tax Red state

The day of reckoning is near...

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[wintertime]

They already pay those taxes as property taxes, so quit yer bitchin.
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That is the **same** reasoning used by “conservatives” when they send their kids off to the government school indoctrination camps. How often do we hear parents say, “ We paid for the ‘schooling” ( indoctrination) in our property taxes.”

[CodeToad]

Well, that is true: Public schools are primarily funded through property taxes so they have entitlement to the school system. Every one of us that went to public school can thank our neighbors for their taxes; property taxes, sales taxes, etc, that funded those schools. We can argue if the school system funding is proper or even if public school systems are proper but the people that were taxed for the school systems have every right to send their kids to the school. It is why I believe after school activities that serve the community are proper, such as craft fairs, Boy Scouts, etc.; those are our buildings. We all pay for them.

[gore_sux]

I think we need to try and quantify some potential impact we can make on the beast by going Galt. I’ve added up at least $7,800 in spending that I can easily chop out. (I’ve already acted on things like work-forced charity, gym membership, cable etc...) I can probably come up with more with a more careful look at food spending and other entertainment items.

Obviously small business owners and the like can make a much bigger impact, but even in my small case 60 million * $7,800 = $468 billion annual impact on the economy. Now I’m wondering if there would be a mulitplier to this effect?

[wintertime]

Everyone **loves** their favorite socialist-funded, single-payer, and compulsory use welfare program.

Government schools are the very definition of government welfare.

And...In a decade or two **all** of the arguments used to defend our nation's system of single-payer, socialist-funded, compulsory-used K-12 schools will be used to defend **Obamacare**!!!

[P.O.E.]

Will do. I did some searching, only thing I found was the NYT pay site. Got to be something out there, though - I’ll keep looking.

[verga]

That is the **same** reasoning used by “conservatives” when they send their kids off to the government school indoctrination camps. How often do we hear parents say, “ We paid for the ‘schooling” ( indoctrination) in our property taxes.”

HYPOCRICY ALERT Wintertime is also "guilty" of this, but neglects to admit it. While gallivanting around the globe Wintertime took advantage of the public school "babysitting." This was after one of his/ her children were removed for making racial comments to a minority student and getting into a fight over the matter.

[mom3boys]

bookmarked

[mom3boys]

Bravo!
As the mother of teen/young adult boys I wanted to stand up and cheer at every word you wrote!!
It’s all about my kids now. My husband is 55 and I’m 50, gone is any hope that I can get back to any kind of career. I have a computer science degree and make $13/hour doing something completely unrelated.
If my husband were offered early retirement, we would take it. We will be very mobile and go where our boys can have some real hope for the future.
I already warned them that wherever they end up, their old man and old lady will follow them. We will not live in the same house with them, but we will move within driving distance from them. They seem okay with that! lol

[wintertime]

Calling me names does not make the truth go away. Discrediting others ( and their family) in an attempt to make the truth go away doesn’t work here on Free Republic.

But....Since you are a professional government teacher, I am certain you would never use this debating technique on your emotionally and educationally immature students. Nope! In your position of power over them you would never do that. To do so would be child abuse.

As for the racial slurs, I believe you must have my family confused with another people in you life.

[wintertime]

Calling me names does not make the truth go away. Discrediting others ( and their family) in an attempt to make the truth go away doesn’t work here on Free Republic.

But....Since you are a professional government teacher, I am certain you would never use this debating technique on your emotionally and educationally immature students. Nope! In your position of power over them you would never do that. To do so would be child abuse.

As for the racial slurs, I believe you must have my family confused with another people in you life.

[Mad Dawgg]

Also reduce your paycheck withholding legally. Many folks claim less dependents and deductions then they are legally entitled to. Then they tend to get "refunds" on their taxes. All you are doing is giving Barry Hussein and the Looters in Washington the use of your money for a year for Free.

Why? Use the money now and deny Washington its use for a year. put it in the bank or pay down a debt. It won't change your overall tax burden. If you owe taxes you'll just pay them on April 15th instead of early. If not you get to keep your money without giving Uncle Sam an interest free loan.

[verga]

As for you colleagues?...Well!... They weren't the brightest bulbs on our nation's college campuses.

What a narrow minded myopic (That means short sighted or near sighted) comment. Have you personally tested the IQ's of every single one of my colleagues? Have you been given access to their college transcripts?

Please keep making these baseless attacks, all you are doing is more harm than good to your cause.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Why not claim 47 million! That's how many are on food stamps that we're paying for!

Your synopsis is correct, but adding two or more dependents shouldn't change ones tax withholding enough to hurt them come April 15.

[verga]

Calling me names does not make the truth go awayPlease have the integrity to either document me calling you names or apologize. I won't be holding my breath.

As for the rest I would love to hear some "truth" from you. If you did it would certainly be a first. As for the racial slurs, I believe you must have my family confused with another people in you life.

If I am in error then it is because you are once again changing your story. I am glad to see that you are not attempting to deny your hypocritical actions.

[Revelation 911]

exactly - thanks ! - It is extremely personal now - they are cheating my children -

I had a long conversation with my daughter last night -she came to me…. I actually told her I am sorry she’ll not have the same financial success as me as long as interest rates screw the saver, as long as 401k’s languish and as long as they can only get substandard work -

I told them both stay as long as you want - no charge…it breaks my heart….we were married and in a house at their age - but it cant happen for them now

…..next, starts the inflation

Just finished defreinding every ahole friend that voted for this nonsense

[free-n-TX]

I agree with your disagree of #2.

Having waited tables in college, it is hard, thankless work. I would be more prone to vote conservative if someone left a larger tip and left a card saying that you are proud to reward a working person, rather than give money to someone wanting a gov’t handout and then some kind of conservative endorsement.

[JCBreckenridge]

I was a delivery driver who worked straight commission. If THAT doesn’t make you a conservative nothing else will. ;)

I like telling people first that I don’t like Obama, because the unprofessional servers learn a better lesson that way. There’s nothing quite like them treating me like garbage and then having them see their tip.

[Red in Blue PA]

Reload your ammo.

[free-n-TX]

I work straight commission now-—realtor
I have several colleagues that are VERY liberal. Seems like “the cause” is more important to them than paying more taxes.
I tell you, the liberal mind is just wired different. It is futile to carry on any kind of political discussion.

[Red in Blue PA]

Reload your ammo.