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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:49 AM Original message |
Question: What would happen if we all stopped paying taxes |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Concentration camps? n/t |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. striped uniforms and chains |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Seriously? |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. You would have to get organized. |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Right, I know... |
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Denver Socialist (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'd rather see the defense dickheads who've been getting free money |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 01:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. .....and amendment 23.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. If 50 million did it they would have little choice |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Couldn't avoid paying flat tax |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Exactly and it is EXTREMELY regresive |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Isn't that antithetical to what they espouse? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. No it is not |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Not necessarily |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I was responding to the unavoidable payment of taxes |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. Take ALL the stuff/money of the non tax payers. They already |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But 50 million people? |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. i don't think so, but... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Me acting alone would certainly prove you right... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Ok here are things we are already donig which |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Most of these I do already |
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intheozone (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. WE could cripple the IRS |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. My sister has a tax business of her own |
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intheozone (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Yes, they can seize your accounts |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Tust me this is one aproach we are taking |
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lgardengate (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Finding loophools is differen't |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I know |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I'm all for keeping it legal |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sorry, but not much... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I like the idea of the "blue flu" |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. Become a corporation and take tax breaks like the big guys. |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Bring it on... |
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Baja Margie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. Taxation without Representation |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. you'll get a tax lien against your property |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I was proposing a more group approach |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 03:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. yes!! |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. There has been some argument against the flat tax in this thread |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. What if eveyone just delayed paying, used extensions etc. |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The spirit of this thread |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Vote with your dollars.... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-21-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Some here are against the flat tax |
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