20 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 20 May \ parent \ on: This Man Says He Legally Hasn't Paid Federal Taxes In Over 30 Years econ
One addendum I'd make is that sometimes people like this guy get lucky by drawing a judge who will listen to the technical legal arguments without regard to impact on the regime.
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69 sats \ 6 replies \ @kepford 20 May
That's kinda the point for me. I don't care if these people are correct.
  1. I know that taxes are immoral and that the legality of federal taxes is at best unclear.
  2. The tradeoffs of not paying taxes is getting thrown in a cage.
  3. Judges are a mixed bag. You might get lucky. You might not.
  4. I have zero interest in becoming a martyr for this cause.
  5. When the state is wrong, it is dangerous to be right.
  6. The general public will not have your back. They have been mind-controlled into believing taxation is NOT theft. Even those that might be sympathetic to my views in other areas.
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 May
Good luck with citing arcane legal language to IRS
Impossible to defeat IRS
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 May
This guy has beaten the IRS multiple times. The cases are posted on his website.
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 May
How much money has he spent defeating the IRS?
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 May
That's the question, isn't it?
Part of how they enforce compliance is through making non-compliance very costly, whether or not you're right.
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76 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 21 May
The process is the punishment
Only rich people have the legal resources to fight the IRS.
Scientology anyone?
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52 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 21 May
Yep. The process is the punishment. Selective enforcement is a classic communist method to incite fear. The US has so many laws and even just in the realm of taxes. One has to hire an expert just to avoid screwing it up. It's really sick.
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 20 May
Arent they all supposed to? They arent supposed to rule on their feelings alone.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 20 May
Supposedly they're supposed to, but that's just not how human beings generally work.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 20 May
thats why the system is so fucked.
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