Posted on 12/20/2009 6:38:29 PM PST by kozanne
We unite and not pay our taxes to the federal government, but put them in a Nationwide Tax Escrow Account.
Now that is what I would call a STRIKE!
Anyone out there savvy enough to put together such a set-up on a nationwide basis?
Ping!
Who do you think we are, the French?
This is as silly as the idea that pops up every time gasoline prices increase suddenly - let’s not buy gasoline for one day.
So people buy gas the following day, or later in the week, whatever.
Well, this idea would work in a similar way.
The math doesn’t add up to make this viable. Let’s say we have 20m workers take the day off.
IF they didn’t use vacation days, and we assume an average yearly gross of $35k, that comes out to $140 x 20m = $2.8b in gross income.
With FICA and medicare (plus matching) and a marginal rate of 10%, that puts us at roughly 25% effective tax rate.
$2.8b x 25% = $700m
That is literally not real money to these grifters. Even if you double the number of workers, it’s only $1.4b.
I submit to you that the feds can outlast most of us for living without our money. Even 1 month off for those 20m folks is only $14b lost by the feds. How many people can live without income or federal assistance for a whole month?
Now, clearly that does not take into account the trickle down of $2.1b (1 days worth of take home) staying out of the economy. But the reality is that 20m people won’t do this. If they do, most will use a vacation day and that defeats the purpose entirely.
There are only a couple of ways to really accomplish this goal of starving the feds. The first is for most taxpayers to stop paying into the IRS and not file a tax return. It would crush the gov’t. Most people will not take that chance. I wouldn’t. All my assets are available for the taking from the feds.
The second and most effective way to accomplish it is for the top 5% of taxpayers to stop all economic activity. They pay 50% of the yearly “income” into the federal gov’t. This assumes they are wealthy and not just high income, which is not true.
Haven’t spilled a drop. :)
It might stain the carpeting if drinking while doing step-arobics, but we have dark carpeting in that room. :)
Nice dogs.
The only people who can shut down our country by going on strike are the truck drivers and the airlines and neither of them are going to do it. The rest of the people can’t make a dent in the working of the country. Enough people are going to have to go to D.C. and make enough “stink” to get their attention. Nice nice is not going to get it. Think the streets of Iran. It will have to continue for more than one day.
How about if everyone filed an extension as many times as possible, then make them start proceeding against you and then stall until the last minute before paying the whole tax. That could really overburden the system couldn't it?
So yes, I have been working to stop the destruction of America. Working far more alone than one would think from the noise on FR.
I thoroughly agree. But you know what? I don't ever see them doing anything but going to rallies. Over two decades of volunteering for political campaigns and I have yet to meet a FReeper. Almost nobody among the volunteers (pretty much all the same folks, year in and year out) even knows of the site.
It's NOT a tool. People will spend whatever they would have spent on the 20th on the 19th or the 21st or some other day. The government will not lose any tax revenues. Well intentioned but a meaningless waste of time and energy.
I suggest we keep buying ammo.
BLOAT!
However, it's just one of many things that should be employed. We should also be blockading all goods in/out of DC, showing up on our pols front yards, etc. Though I'm not convinced peope are ready to be arrested. That's what it will take.
Calling, faxing and emailing are legitimate tactics which are effective. As evidence - not one Republican Senator voted for this garbage. A one-day spending boycott is a joke and is not even a tactic. It’s a worthless waste of time.
What were some of the tactics the hippies used when protesting the Viet Nam War? I remember sit-ins (designed to halt traffic on sidewalks and streets), people chaining themselves to various things like doors (which would prevent people going in and out), flag-pole sitting, hunger strikes, anything weird and bizarre to get media attention and get their message out. Think about a bunch of people chaining themselves to the doors of the Senate building or doing a lie-in on the Capitol steps. Even the State Controlled Media would have to notice because it would be so wild.
On a related note, the 2010 March for Life is in DC on January 21 & 22.
once again I’ve been saying the exact same thing for almost a year now. We need to use the VERY successful methods of the LEFT against them. It works !
A couple of relevant links (reminder links if you will):
How to Communicate Securely in Repressive Environments
http://tinyurl.com/nruq9j
Alarm and Muster
http://alarmandmuster.com/
:-)
Ah - I wasn’t talking about a spending boycott for a day.
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