Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by zaroth on Saturday April 30, 2016 @09:30AM
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That's not what the word "voluntary" actually means.
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Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by spacemanmatt on Saturday April 30, 2016 @09:34AM
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What part of voluntarily giving up their wealth defies the definition of "voluntary?"
Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by 3pt14159 on Saturday April 30, 2016 @09:47AM
(#11601665)
"all of these taxes are voluntary"
Is the place where the word in contention here. Just like if I point a gun at your hand and tell you that receiving the bullet is "voluntary" because you can always voluntarily cut off your hand.
That being said, I agree with the concept of taxes, but let's not kid ourselves and call them voluntary.
Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by Avshalom on Saturday April 30, 2016 @11:44AM
(#11602133)
If you make the choice to interact with the US' economy you implicty agree to give the US a cut for its role in the creation and tending of that economy.
Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by marrington on Saturday April 30, 2016 @01:12PM
(#11602515)
As a U.S. citizen, if I make the choice not to interact with the U.S. economy and move somewhere outside the U.S., I still have to give the government their cut. Only way out is to relinquish U.S. citizenship. No other developed country requires this.
Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by Avshalom on Saturday April 30, 2016 @01:15PM
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So relinquish your citizenship.
Re:How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more because elit...
by chimeracoder on Saturday April 30, 2016 @02:13PM
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Aside from the fact that there's a hefty fee for that, the US government will not let you relinquish citizenship solely for taxation reasons.
You could make up a reason, but that's stretching even your definition of "voluntary" under the law.