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neverevergivein (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 12:59 AM Original message |
Can we withhold taxes this year to protest? |
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Trevelyan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Very good idea -- we need to organize something around this -- most people |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. If You Are Willing To pay The Consequences. Sir |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sure you can-any year. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's part of why they require employers to withhold taxes, I believe. nt |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yeah that evil FDR |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. "Evil FDR"? Or, The Economy's Great(!)? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Evil FDR" was sarcasm.... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. You can refuse to pay your telephone Excise Tax |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, you can! |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. Henry David Thoreau did, for much the same reason. . . |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Better to organize a threat of tax protest. |
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The Animator (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. I suggested this a long time ago, no one ever ran with it though. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. Good idea, IF you're self employed! |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's called "war tax resistance" |
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The Animator (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. I feel this would only be effective on a grand scale. |
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Soloflecks (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. General strike. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Plenty of people have withheld paying their taxes in protest... |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. reflect on this and get back to me ... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. Tax protesting has a long history |
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neverevergivein (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-25-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. But then again, they didn't go after Cindy Sheehan. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. statute of limitations: six years |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-26-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Anyone who suggests such illegalities is not our friend. |
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