“I will take my chances and go to jail if I have to.”
Better you should say, “I take my chances, and I will go to jail.”, because that is what happens to tax evaders. Honestly, I wish you no ill will (in fact quite the opposite). But tax evasion, if that is what you are suggesting, is just going to get you into a heap of trouble. Personally, I have known a number of folks that have tried this, and most have ended up in Leavenworth. The best you can hope for when that happens is to have south facing windows. It’s cheerier that way because you get some sun.
Of course, perhaps it’s safer to wait out the coming civil unpleasantness from within a cell. I’d prefer to be a bit more pro-active re. the tasks that are facing us, but to each his/her own. Of course in paraphrasing Butterfly McQueen, “What gentlemen says and what they does is two different things”. I can manage you saying this, but if you actually intend to do it.... Well, then I have to be able to say, “I told you so” when you reap the whirlwind.
Just hopin’ you don’t actually go through with what you are threatening, ‘cause I don’t wish no misfortune on no one!
I may be operating out of pure disgust and anger right now but this is how I really feel. Good advice comes and seeps in tomorrow when I have had a chance to calm down a bit. I will take your advice into consideration when I read all these responses tomorrow. Thank you.
If the government is broke, they won’t be able to sustain prisons. Then they will either have forced labor camps or execute dissidents. Same as other countries with this kind of government. And since the government won’t have the resources to investigate everyone, anyone can turn anyone else in for favors. Just like the old Soviet Union. We have a monster now,and even if you do abide by all the laws,you are still going to suffer. And our families will suffer. It is time to stand and be counted