How about this. I’ve been thinking about the Amish exemption quite a bit. As you know, the Amish have avoided paying social security and Medicare taxes since the respective inception of those programs on religious grounds. It is also likely that there will be a religious exemption for 0bamacare. We also know that there is some type of application process to obtain the exemption. This should be able to provide a loophole. Perhaps we could band together in formal groups and organizations for mutual support. We would need support for making the right claims and for legal challenges.
Even if we lose the initial challenges, we can learn from the experience. Our applications and challenges will do something else. If we get a mass movement, say 10 million people to fill out applications and conduct appeals when necessary we will be able to overburden the IRS and reduce its effectiveness. Initiating this process is our right and it could provide a relatively safe way to grind down the bureaucracy and we might even win a few.
Let’s take this up with our respective Tea Party organizations. Do research, share information, then disseminate to the public.
Never surrender (and don’t listen to the pundits)
HMMMMMM I’ve been pondering starting a 503(c). Maybe it could be called United Amish Patriots. We “pray” for relief from an over-burdening government. That way we could become “exempt” not only from taxes but also from healthcare. And maybe we should just play like ACORN does. Everyone “donates” their entire pay check to the “church”. The church then offers “assistance” to those who have “contributed” to the “church”. No taxes involved for anyone. That would throw the IRS into a meltdown!