That used to be the question. Today, the answer’s pretty obvious, due to admissions by the IRS’ top extortionists: “No mas.” The main admission, other than that the 5th Amendment is for the protection of innocent people, was that the income tax is voluntary.
I’m sorry to admit that I did volunteer to file and pay one time, back in ’76 for the year 1975. That was my first year as a drilling foreman with ARCO, starting out in Hobbs, New Mexico. I’d made pretty good money as a longshoreman and diver in Texas in the early ‘70s before two years of working for nothing in Rhodesia, but it had never occurred to me to file a tax return, since taxes were withheld from my paycheck and I just figured, Keep it, you rat bastards. I’m not going to okay you robbing me by asking for some of it back. While I did “volunteer,” I didn’t know it. I’d figured I had a gun to my head. Read the rest here
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