Just a few people doing that would be like you say, but if half the people in this country strapped on some balls and said no to taxes, then the numbers would be so great that the IRS could not function. They could not pay bills, they could not pay their own wages. Congress would then be faced with having to act responsibly. That is our Tea Party.
I agree with your tag line. Too bad it would be considered "extremist" by a large number of people in this country. I also like "IRS - America's gestapo".
but if half the people in this country strapped on some balls and said no to taxes, then the numbers would be so great that the IRS could not function.
Half the people in this country already pay zilch in income tax already. With more added everytime they tinker.
Bush touts relief as tax day looms
Another 3.9 million Americans will have their income tax liability completely eliminated, officials said.
That's 3.9 million Americans more added to the spending constituency of 70% of the public clamoring for more from government, figuring someone else foots the bill.
That just assures the system is perpetuated, with half the electorate making a natural spending constituency on backs of the other half.
Right now the bottom 50% perceive little to no "Individual Income Tax" burden,(in many cases even a handout) and 70% of the voting public clamor for more from government looking for the top 50% of income earners/producers to foot the bill. That perception continues to grow ever stronger by eliminating even more participants from the Federal Individual Income Tax rolls as proposed in the tax reduction proposals through changes in personal exemption limits and other mechanisms such as the EITC.
For where the income tax is more concerned with the Intent of the individual income tax as a vehicle for political and social control as opposed to revenue collection. The Individual Income tax is maintained to establish and hold every person in the country perpetual legal jeopardy, a legal jeopardy to be called on at whim for control of the individual or organization that may step beyond politically accepted bounds. A situation that must end with the repeal of the income tax from the statutes, and the prohibition of its use by Constitutional amendment that future generations will not face the same manner of manipulation and interference in their lives.
It would be easier, cheaper, and cause massively LESS upheaval than some sort of Tax Protest (that's what the whole Tax Protester "industry" hopes for). that's not needed.
We merely need more taxpayers to stop sitting on their hands, looking at the floor, and saying "... it'll never happen ..." and to let their elected representatives know in no uncertain terms that they expect those reps to support and pass the FairTax.
The majority of people see the income tax as a welfare program. If you make "X" amount of dollars under "Y" tax bracket, you get "X+++" dollars back. I did taxes for 87 people last year and at least 50 of them got back more than they paid in.