I’m sure this has been brought up here before, but whats the deal with the US Income tax being voluntary? All the research i’ve done on the net turns up nothing but places selling this “Patriotic” propaganda, making it impossible to find anything useful. I figure anything hocked by right wing extremist groups has to be hockey, but I figured someone here could straighten me out. Thanks for any help
It’s total bull dookey, just as you suspected. Check the following link for more details.
Basically, the word “voluntary” means that we fill out the forms and send in our checks ourselves–we don’t send tax collectors around the way they did in the old days. If you’re stupid enough to argue this protestor dribble in court, expect to be fined and sanctioned.
Oh yeah, that link: http://www.quatloos.com/taxscams/taxprot.htm
>> I’m sure this has been brought up here before
You’re right on that one. A search would have yielded many hits:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=42895
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=44448
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=58162
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=58176
Welcome to the board. It is good practice to do a search before you ask as it may have been asked before.
Gives a whole new meaning to the Old Gag:
Sellers: “Would you care to join us?”
Milligan: “Why? Are you ComingApart?”
Seacombe: THBBTTTT
Gp
The biggest crock in government double-speak is FICA. It stands for Federal Insurance Contributions Act. How many of you “contribute” FICA (Social Security payments) voluntarily?