Posted on 06/18/2002 7:35:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
Are you sure you're not mistaken? I read a Cato study asserting that immigrants (as a group) pay more in income taxes in their first 5 years than they receive in benefits. Not only that, but immigrants pay social security taxes right off the bat; why wouldn't they pay income taxes? Could you point me to the source of your information?
Part I (section 861 and following), subchapter N, chapter 1 of the Code, and the regulations thereunder determine the sources of income for purposes of the income tax.
An old legal maxim comes to mind:
Expressio unius est exclusio alterius.
"The statement of one thing is the exclusion of another."
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856
If you concede that "Section 861 and following determine the sources of income for purposes of the income tax," then you must also concede that there are no other sources of income for the purposes of the income tax.
LOL, nor will you.
I think he's on to something, if ten million people that filed last year fail to file this year, what can the Feds do? They can't jail everyone, and it will take them one hell of a long time to do the threatening mailings etc.If it delays payment by three months it will be worthwhile.
I can choose the amount of my witholding, and I'm thinking of choosing zero.
Exactly, as long as people don't actually write out checks for Income Tax and FICA they don't see it. This is why it's very difficult to get classified as a contractor as opposed to an employee. Anyone who's ever worked as a 1099 knows how painful it is to come up with that money on a quarterly basis.
The minute witholding is ended, and people start writing checks directly to the IRS, that's when real tax reform will happen.
One way that I heard that defined - if one is unable to control how much is being deducted (aka: Robbed) from their paycheck - -- - that is tantamont to Slavery . . .
Wage slave propaganda -- haven't you heard of estimated income taxes??
The general rule on what constitutes income is in section 61 of the code, which provides that, "Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle [the federal income tax law], gross income means all income from whatever source derived . . . " I don't think there's a lot of ambiguity there!
Slaves with an illusion of freedom are still slaves. A democracy (which IS what we've allowed our Nation to become to a large extent) can only last until the masses discover they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. This is EXACTLY what has happened and we are being forced (through threat of imprisonment and violence) to participate in our own demise.
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Yes, M'Lady, correctimundo !! !!
BINGO!
I watched a maggot-infested-leftwing-liberal-to-the core-hippie vanish in a puff of frustration and betrayal to be replaced by a stone-cold-fiscal-conservative when he had to write his first quaterly check!
I still have a chuckle with him over his conversion occasionally!
BTW he voted for Bush last election and is upset with him over the Steel Tariifs.
Ahhh, the power of Capitalism to cleanse the soul is truly awe inspiring!
One major difference between the two(if I recall correctly), is that Irwin Schiff does file a return now, however, listing $0. He learned from a prior experience that earned him federal accomodations in the early 80's and had since changed his strategy to filling a return. Check it out. I could be wrong. Just my 2cents.
Yup. Unfortunately, that is the only way, we're too far gone.
This somehow makes the basic premise of the 16th Amendment (that you are not entitled to the entire product of your labor) better?
Not at all. Landof Lincoln said:
"None of us pay taxes. We pay our mortgage, and credit card bills, but our taxes are confiscated by our employers before we ever see our checks. "
That statement is inaccurate. He/she is unaware that many tax payers are not "employees".
You can say that again! Our "freedom" has always been an illusion.
It would be simpler to put a drop box at the line in front of the voting booth.
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