"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Is Taxation Voluntary?
Submitted by Westernerd on Sat, 2012-02-18 04:00
"It’s an odd position that seems not to comprehend the meaning of the word “tax.” What makes a tax different from a contribution or a trade is that the revenue is extracted by force. You can choose not to comply just as you can choose to resist arrest. But then you must face the consequences. A truly voluntary tax is like a friendly insult, a peaceful war or a healthy cancer. The two words just don’t go together."
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Before even reading this, I must ask the same question I've asked here, perhaps, too many times before.
Is identifying yourself as a "TAXPAYER", by using a Taxpayer Identification Number voluntary?
I haven't used any of these in well over ten years, and not one single man or woman acting as an AGENT for any STATE, the UNITED STATES, the IRS, or any other CORPORATION has ever put a "gun to my head" and said I must use one. Now, I will say that every person around me, (with the exception of my natural law wife), does use a T.I.N., and a good many of them, if not most, refuse to do business with non-members, but they certainly have that right, just like COSTCO can refuse to do business with non-members, and so, I do not consider that force.