Posted on 04/30/2017 7:48:13 AM PDT by Ahithophel
The month of April is a nightmare for anyone with a conscience, as we only have until “tax day” — which usually falls on April 15 — to give the taxman what he says he deserves. So if you pay taxes to Uncle Sam and you’re also aware you’re paying for mass murder in the Middle East and in U.S. streets due to the drug war, you should also feel sick to your stomach as you write that check.
To a restaurant customer, this may have served as enough incentive to remind his server that taxation is always immoral — but he didn’t stop there.
Last week, a customer at a Missouri restaurant gave the waitress a “personal gift” instead of a tip, writing the now popular line “Taxation is theft” in the tip section of the receipt. In a second note, the fiscally conscious customer added: “This is not a tip. This is a personal gift and not subject to federal or state income taxes.”
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The US has a voluntary tax system.
Genius!
Filling the paperwork justifying how much you owe is voluntary.
Paying the amount you legally owe isn’t.
You can "volunteer" to pay taxes, or you can "volunteer" to have everything you own taken away, experience harassment and threats, and go to prison.
Sounds like a win-win.
Our system is “voluntary” in that, we all file tax returns, and declare, under penalty of perjury and other legal sanctions, that we are reporting our income to be taxed.
And then we voluntarily, on the honor system, write a check or wire money to the IRS, to pay the taxes on the amounts we voluntarily report to the IRS.
I think the point they were trying to make, is that none of us get a tax bill as such, to be paid on April 15th. We have to take the initiative to calculate what we owe, and then see that it gets paid.
The IRS will send you a bill, if you file the return but don’t pay the taxes. But their bill would be for the balance due that you or your tax preparer decided was owed.
It does ?
That would be news to my employer.
I guess I can asked to be paid under a 1099 and be responsible to pay my own taxes.
I'd see how long the IRS will wait to fine me, put liens on my property and generally hound me until I pay.
Keep the info continuing:
Income That Is NOT Taxable
Types of income that are not subject to Federal tax may include the following:
-Gifts and inheritances
-Life insurance proceeds
-Child support
-Certain Veteran’s benefits
-Insurance reimbursements for medical expenses not previously deducted
-Some welfare payments
-Compensatory damages for personal physical injury or illness
-Workers’ compensation
-Some qualified pension distributions for Public Safety Officers
IRS Publication 525, Taxable and Nontaxable Income.
Try not volunteering.
Taxation is NOT theft. Unreasonable taxation is.
Taxes are necessary to provide for the NECESSARY functions of government. Our tax system currently provides for extra dollars above what is needed for those necessary governmental functions so the POLITICIANS CAN USE OUR MONEY TO BUY VOTES!!!
THAT is the theft.
It is indeed brilliant, and in fact, has a very sound legal argument supporting it. The customer does not have an obligation to tip anything at the end of a meal. If he chooses to give a gift to a waitress because she provided good service, or because she looks like a nice person, or whatever, it is as much a gift as providing money without obligation to a guy sitting in the street with a tin cup. This is so obvious, I bet it has been litigated in tax court before. However, perhaps it is time for a review of the rules on that, with Trump administration people doing the hearing. An executive order could clarify this, too.
Some taxation is theft.
Sure, you can volunteer to not be employed, get free stuff instead of paying sales taxes, and live on the street ;-)
Taxes aren't theft. God approved governments when he gave commands to Moses about social justice.
Misuse of tax funds is very much theft and should be prosecuted.
Sounds like a great plan :)
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Taxation is NOT theft. Unreasonable taxation is.
Taxes are necessary to provide for the NECESSARY functions of government. Our tax system currently provides for extra dollars above what is needed for those necessary governmental functions so the POLITICIANS CAN USE OUR MONEY TO BUY VOTES!!!
THAT is the theft.
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Please define ‘unreasonable’. WHOM defines the same?
100% income tax rate IS not only theft, but slavery. What is 5%, 10%, 50%...but gradations of slavery.
How can both be valid under the Constitution (13th vs. 16th)? How can REQUIRING one sign-away their 5th A. Rights to file *also* not violate the same? 4th A.? And, at its heart, the blatant violation of A1S8.
Not only involuntary, but class’ist. The ‘working poor’, the ‘retired’, etc. that DON’T pay, but continue to utilize govt that requires $$.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is just the 2nd side of the same coin, just as unconstitutional\unethical.
Yup, a 100% rate is pure involuntary servitude. A lesser percentage is just a matter of degree.
Taxation is indentured servitude.
All taxation is legal robbery. All of it.
There may be valid reasons and invalid reasons for taxes, but all of it is legal robbery. Ultimately it is all backed up by the threat of, or actual use of, force.
So yeah, it is.
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