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Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by kgc on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:06PM (#28507123)
Could someone just start a religion that disallows taxation and stop paying taxes?
Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by aaron_m04 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:09PM (#28507140)
I very much doubt that any government would allow that, for obvious reasons.
Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by Blikkentrekker on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:13PM (#28507162)
There are other somewhat similar cases however.

In Finland, conscription may be avoided by being a Jehova's witness, that sole religion, on the basis of that it is a non-violent religion, ignoring that many other religions have similar tenants, and many non-religious people are also deeply pacifist who are still conscript. — That sole religion, so named, is exempted from conscription.

And one only need prove membership, not prove that one actually holds those non-violent beliefs to be exempt.

Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger... by jxidjhdhdhdhfhf on Monday September 13, 2021 @01:15PM (#28514022)
It's unfortunate that one needs to make up a god to be exempt from the some of the most awful governmental abuses like conscription, but I'd rather have such an exemption than not have it at all.