"Taxation is Theft" Meme Goes Mainstream

Anti Media ^ | April 28, 2017 | Alice Salles

[Ahithophel]

Tax tip of the month

[ichabod1]

The US has a voluntary tax system.

[P.O.E.]

Genius!

[ctdonath2]

Filling the paperwork justifying how much you owe is voluntary.
Paying the amount you legally owe isn’t.

[60Gunner]

The US has a voluntary tax system.

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.

[Dilbert San Diego]

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.

[Popman]

The US has a voluntary tax system.

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.

[keving]

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.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

The US has a voluntary tax system.

Try not volunteering.

[clee1]

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.

[Defiant]

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.

[Jim Noble]

Some taxation is theft.

[bigbob]

Sure, you can volunteer to not be employed, get free stuff instead of paying sales taxes, and live on the street ;-)

[DannyTN]

Romans 13:6 “For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.” Romans 13:7 “Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.”

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.

[Popman]

Sure, you can volunteer to not be employed, get free stuff instead of paying sales taxes, and live on the street ;-)

Sounds like a great plan :)

[i_robot73]

>
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.
>

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.

[abb]

100% income tax rate IS not only theft, but slavery. What is 5%, 10%, 50%...but gradations of slavery.

Yup, a 100% rate is pure involuntary servitude. A lesser percentage is just a matter of degree.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Taxation is indentured servitude.

[Secret Agent Man]

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.

[JoeFromSidney]

That's why I always tip in cash rather than putting it on my credit card. That way it can't be traced to the waiter or waitress. There's no paper trail.