60 million Americans should feel no further obligation to pay taxes.

wickerwoman

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Wed Nov-03-04 09:58 PM
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60 million Americans should feel no further obligation to pay taxes.

Seriously. The social contract is broken. And they broke it with their stolen elections, their phoney oil wars, their deliberate bankrupting of social security and the safety net.

Your tax money for the next four years is going straight into the GOP juggernaut.

Just say no.

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Unforgiven

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:04 PM
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1. Yes

and ohhhh so tempting!

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leftofthedial

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:05 PM
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2. I always wondered what the inside of a prison looked like

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wickerwoman

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:09 PM
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5. Another four years of Bush

and I suspect many of us will be finding out one way or the other.

And the ones that get in early get dibs on the best cells.

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leftofthedial

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:13 PM
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8. or dog kennels

as the case may be

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jdj

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:07 PM
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3. shit hell yes!

no taxation without representation.

no representation with 2 and possibly 3 branches of gov't going repuke.

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G_j

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:08 PM
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4. your tax money supports murder, torture

and will be used to repress you and take away your civil rights. good deal eh?

cut the purse strings to the fascists.

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sub.theory

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:11 PM
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6. And just how do you do this?

Unless you are self-employed, your taxes are already long gone before you can even cash your paycheck. That's the reality for most people. Sorry, but this is one act of civil disobedience that isn't going anywhere.

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ejcastellanos

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:12 PM
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7. Change your deductions

Put them at like 10 and the amount withheld drops. Still lose Social Security and Medicare though.

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wickerwoman

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:18 PM
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10. There are a few options:

a.) get a job in a foreign country. The U.S. doesn't tax the first $60,000 of your income.

b.) adjust the withholding amount on your W2 form. They'll still take state taxes, I think, but you can keep a good chunk of your federal income tax. Save this for your legal costs.

I'll do a little more research and get back to you.

Can you imagine what would happen if 60 million people suddenly decided to do this? There's no way they could prosecute everybody. It would crash the U.S. economy.

There's a lot of us and we're pissed. And that gives us power.

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Eye and Monkey

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Wed Nov-03-04 10:14 PM
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9. seems like the phrase "taxation without representation" sounds familiar...

where have I heard that before???

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