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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 10:42 AM Original message |
The most unpopular subject on the DU? War tax resistance |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. "we are all complicit on some level" |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Respectfully . . . |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Jinks...NT |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I have to disagree |
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DerekG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. A flawed analogy |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. "We" have no more control over how the government spends our taxes |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's one thing to avoid feeding The Beast in various ways... |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. No, I told the IRS they may only use my tax money for schools and |
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PaganPreacher (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You're speaking my mind! |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. At best it's a weak, symbolic protest. |
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PaganPreacher (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Lots of Bill and Hillary supporters here, and Kerry folks, too. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. it could be very effective if a million people were involved |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. BS and what do you really know about the "LAW"? THE IRS is not |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Geez, get a friggin constitution and read it. |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Okay, have your fun. |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yes, I know all about the IRS code. |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. They only get what they take. Nothing more, nothing less. |
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kalibex (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. My take on it... |
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LdyGuique (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. Since there are rather few American taxpayers who don't |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Fear, Fear, Fear and more Fear! They'll seize my bank account, |
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Meeker Morgan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. If you make a living at anything other than a cash business ... |
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kalibex (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Erm, can't people alter how much is withheld from their paycheck? |
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Meeker Morgan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Even if you "contribute" nothing ... |
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kalibex (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Oh, I know that... |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
16. Has any one here just ever tried not filing? Let the employer's take your |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. History of war tax resistance |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. I left the US after Buh was selected in 2000 because I refuse to |
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Wind Dancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Amy Goodman recently addressed this topic on DN. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, if you want the gov't to cut funding for social programs, |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Exactly |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. First of all, I'm too poor to pay income tax... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. how are those other ways working btw? |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. They don't have my name written on them |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. I disagree: we should TAX the war... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. see specifically where YOUR tax dollars are going |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
32. if the defense dept. was called the rape, slaughter and pillage dept |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-05 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
36. I left the country and don't support the GOP nazi war machine |
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