Tell me....what will you do when the government forces all of us, I mean, "passes a law", that states everyone must get the swine flu vaccine? Take it? Or fight the excessive, intrusive, unconstitutional government?
And yes, I do think the "non-tax state laws" you are referring to are excessive, intrusive and unconstitutional. They get plenty of tax dollars from the gasoline I use for my travels, as well as the exceedingly high bridge crossing fees.
Just because I won't allow my government to bleed me dry does not mean I don't have character.
I don’t know what I’ll do if the government says we must all get the swine flu vaccine.
I’ve been vaccinating my children with every vaccine they have required for school, because my doctor has concurred.
If the swine flu vaccine is made mandatory, but my doctor says it is dangerous, I’ll probably refuse and write a column about it. Then the government can do what they want with me. Of course, I wouldn’t risk getting myself and my children thrown in jail just so I could say $10 on a mattress.
If you want to justify tax evasion by asserting that your state has no constitutional right to impose a sales tax on you, that is your right. And if you want to make that “stand” in secret, that is your right as well.
Most people don’t make the constitutional argument on this matter, as there is little question that state sales tax violates no federal constitutional provision, and no state constitutional provision. And I would imagine such an argument would not only fail in court, but would fail in the court of public opinion.
But I only speak for my own opinion about taxes for which the government requires you to volunteer your information (except occasionally states will go to neighboring states and get information on big-ticket sale items, so they can make examples of people).
I don’t bedgrudge my state it’s sales tax. I want to have police and firemen and roads and zoning laws, and I realise they have to be paid for.