[Danae]

I agree.

If 100 Million of us stop paying taxes that will get a LOT of attention. The Government could not handle a revolt on that scale with OUT doing what we want them to.

That’s a great deal of power, we have just been deluded into believing that we don’t have it. We do. We stop paying on a massive scale and yea, Governments will listen. That’s a huge amount of momentum to have to change to achieve it. I am not at all sure that the American People have the will to do that, and I don’t believe that there is a Leader in the US that could get enough people to do it to make it matter.

We are going to have to have another revolution, not paying taxes MIGHT be enough to accomplish that.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I’m all for holding revenue from a government that does not represent us. But the problem is, how will all the Corporations and large business payroll departments that most Americans work for, cooperate with such an effort?

If we all had small businesses and paid out taxes at the end of the year, that might be plausible. But this government has so much power over us it would be difficult.

They control the electrical power, water, food, etc. It’s a battle that 2/3 thirds of the population who live in cities cannot possibly win. There has to be some other option that our overly dependent population can take.

[Windflier]

If 100 Million of us stop paying taxes that will get a LOT of attention. The Government could not handle a revolt on that scale with OUT doing what we want them to.

It wouldn't take 100 Million Americans to pull off a successful tax revolt, and besides, it would be almost impossible to get that many Americans to link arms in solidarity all at once.

No, 10 million Americans - just one tenth of your proposed number, would easily do the trick, and give the power of government back to the people.

10 million is also a reachable and realistic goal for such a project. It's possible to get the commitment of ten million individuals to simultaneously withhold all payments to the US Treasury, if the effort is broadly promoted.

10 million is also a number large enough to ensure each individual participant's safety from government reprisal.

In my opinion, it's our solution of last resort, short of armed rebellion.