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Squirrelinabox · 03-27-2007, 01:54 PM

I was going to ignore this but since it seems to keep coming up, I guess I'll vent a bit.

I'm currently only 50 minutes into the video, but so far it's all the same stuff repeated over and over again. Perhaps the remainder of the film will actually have substance, but even so... my thoughts below will likely not change.

Who cares if the income tax was initially created "illegally"? The fact is that the last MANY years, the government AND the citizens have built a society under the framework of having an income tax. You take that away now and the system could potentially break down, and if it doesn't, it'll have to somehow come up with a replacement.

Yes, the video says that not a single penny from the income tax goes towards paying for services... oh no! Of course, if you actually pay attention and don't get all fantatical, you notice that they say it all goes towards paying down our debt. Hmm... now how did we get that debt? My guess is by paying for those services they just bitched about.

I don't care if the notion of an income tax isn't written in stone form in an actual law. It's existence IS being enforced and the system IS running assuming the income tax will continue to exist. If YOU decide to stop paying income taxes, you will currently be at risk for jail time whether or not YOU believe it's legal. Also, if you happen to get lucky and avoid the IRS, you're still screwing over your fellow citizens. The more people that lie and cheat the IRS, the more the people that do pay the taxes will suffer. You can go ahead and lie to yourself saying that the people that pay are suckers and deserve what they get - whatever makes you sleep better at night. The truth still is, you'll enjoy the benefits of others paying taxes while you skip out on it.

Whether or not the income tax system is the best system is not the issue. I'm sure money is getting wasted and there's likely a better way of handling it, but until somebody comes up with something better, it's what we've got and it's kept the United States a country that I absolutely love and feel is the best place in the whole damn world.

03-27-2007, 01:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Squirrelinabox a squirrel... in a box Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 162 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I was going to ignore this but since it seems to keep coming up, I guess I'll vent a bit. I'm currently only 50 minutes into the video, but so far it's all the same stuff repeated over and over again. Perhaps the remainder of the film will actually have substance, but even so... my thoughts below will likely not change. Who cares if the income tax was initially created "illegally"? The fact is that the last MANY years, the government AND the citizens have built a society under the framework of having an income tax. You take that away now and the system could potentially break down, and if it doesn't, it'll have to somehow come up with a replacement. Yes, the video says that not a single penny from the income tax goes towards paying for services... oh no! Of course, if you actually pay attention and don't get all fantatical, you notice that they say it all goes towards paying down our debt. Hmm... now how did we get that debt? My guess is by paying for those services they just bitched about. I don't care if the notion of an income tax isn't written in stone form in an actual law. It's existence IS being enforced and the system IS running assuming the income tax will continue to exist. If YOU decide to stop paying income taxes, you will currently be at risk for jail time whether or not YOU believe it's legal. Also, if you happen to get lucky and avoid the IRS, you're still screwing over your fellow citizens. The more people that lie and cheat the IRS, the more the people that do pay the taxes will suffer. You can go ahead and lie to yourself saying that the people that pay are suckers and deserve what they get - whatever makes you sleep better at night. The truth still is, you'll enjoy the benefits of others paying taxes while you skip out on it. Whether or not the income tax system is the best system is not the issue. I'm sure money is getting wasted and there's likely a better way of handling it, but until somebody comes up with something better, it's what we've got and it's kept the United States a country that I absolutely love and feel is the best place in the whole damn world. __________________ Net Morality Just because you're hiding behind a computer screen doesn't mean your actions don't have consequences.