They are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons.
1040 taxes do not pay for the military, corporate taxes do.
1040 taxes pay for interest on the national debt and for waste.
Social Security is paid by FICA.
Medicare is paid by the Medicare Tax.
Roads are paid by gas taxes.
Schools and education are paid by local taxes.
The 1040 taxes are unnecessary, unconstitutional and are snuck in as a scam on the American people for 90 years.
This is not a radical vocalization of what everyone has come to accept as ‘normal’. Personally I pay my 1040 taxes because the government has the guns. But I have a vote and the internet.
To understand the true nature of the problem, view the following film produced by an award-winning Hollywood director (you will need a high-speed internet connection). It is high quality and filled with reputable credible individuals that tie together the whole story in an entertaining and educational manner:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4312730277175242198
Watch every minute of it, all the way to the end. It is very unifying.
We all need to be aware and unified on this.
Next Tuesday, my 16-year-old son will get his second opportunity in as many years to send “big bucks” (for him) to the IRS.
He’s worked the past two summers mowing lawns for a large residential real estate developer. They pay him on a 1099. Therefore, although he doesn’t make enough to pay income tax, he does have to pay self-employment tax (e.g. both halves of FICA).
Since he doesn’t have a checking account, he’ll be handing me ~$150 cash so I can write the check on his behalf.
No surprise that he’s easily one of the most conservative-minded kids in his school. ;O)
Rubbish. Money is fungible. No income tax revenue, individual or corporate, is earmarked for any particulat purpose. It all goes into the U.S. Treasury general fund.
1040 taxes pay for interest on the national debt and for waste.
More rubbish. Usually the claim is that "individual income taxes are all eaten up by the interest on the national debt," which is an old tax protestor myth.
FY07 individual inoome tax receipts were about $1.17 trillion.
FY07 net interest on the national debt was about $239 billion, or less than than 25% of individual income tax receipts.
film produced by an award-winning Hollywood director
Russo's idiotic movie is a pile of recycled tax protester nonsense and garbage, suitable for viewing only if you want a few laughs.