# Would you pay no taxes if you could? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-no-taxes-if-you-could/654470 "2013-03-31T21:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-no-taxes-if-you-could/654470/81 "2013-04-03T20:07:04Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > Nope. Sounds like a bad idea. I, for one, don’t mind having public services such as schools/libraries, and working infrastructure. I agree with this. > [@PurpleClogs](#): > > We don’t look for loopholes. They tend to scream “audit me!” which I’m not afraid of, but just don’t want to mess with. I also agree with this. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > I will pay every cent the government legally and legitimately asks of me. If the tax code is written in such a way that they do not ask me for anything, then I will cheerfully comply with that. > I must presume that my representatives know more about government finances than I do as a private citizen and so I would be loathe to question their decisions on what I owe for their services. I also agree with this. 🙂 My answer to the OP is, if I do my taxes on TurboTax and the program decides to use that loophole, I’d have no problem with it. I’m not going out and desperately looking for loopholes on my own. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-no-taxes-if-you-could/654470/82 "2013-04-04T16:59:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > So if paying no taxes is not paying your fair share, and a good American pays his fair share, then those who pay no taxes are not good Americans. Got it. > > Regards, > Shodan … and those who get more back than they put in are the worst Americans of all. Don’t forget that part. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-no-taxes-if-you-could/654470.md?page=4)