[Hon]

"The vitriol that this topic elicits is indicative of three things:"

I agree. They are

1) People don't like paying taxes.

2) Some people are too lazy or stupid to look up the laws and therefore believe the snake oil salesmen who claim that there aren't any laws that require it. There are.

3) There is a tendency on the part of some here when confronted with the facts to try to discredit those who point them out by calling them government plants or IRS goons.

Actually, the IRS makes a lot of money in penalties from people who think they can beat the system. Why would IRS agents cut into their revenue source by trying to explain the error of their ways?

[Gargantua]

"there are some here who... when confronted with the facts... try to discredit those who point them out"

Nobody here, including you, newbie... has pointed out any "fact" so far in this thread, other than the fact that nobody can cite the alleged verbiage of the "law" in question.

The "fact" (chapter and verse of the Tax Code which makes withholding mandatory) has not been pointed out by anyone here, or elsewhere, because it doesn't exist.

Anyone who eventually does fabricate such chapter and verse as though it existed in the Tax Code will indeed be discredited. I assure you of that.

Which one are you going to vote for, Dean or Clark?

;-/

[tpaine]

Gargantua:

"The vitriol that this topic elicits is indicative of three things:"

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I agree. They are:

1) People don't like paying taxes. - [Under 'regulations' dreamed up by idiots.]


2) Some people are too lazy or stupid to look up the constitutional basis for laws and therefore believe the snake oil salesmen who claim that any regulation is "the law".

3) There is a tendency on the part of some here when confronted with the facts to try to discredit those who point them out by claiming they are being called "government plants or IRS goons".. Not true.
-- They are simply misguided statists, who believe big brothers agit-prop.