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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GmanJoe on April 16, 2003, 12:07:13 PM
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030416/ap_on_re_us/war_tax_resistance_2
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The govt. should just send all these hippies to some third world country to be human sheilds, thats all their good for anyways. :p
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What dumbasses. 60 people marching down a street will not end the war, and it won\'t end from not paying taxes. The only thing it will do is land them in jail.
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Originally posted by Tyrant
The govt. should just send all these hippies to some third world country to be human sheilds, thats all their good for anyways. :p
Brilliant insight. Thanks for sharing. :rolleyes:
Seriously, what these people are doing makes sense in a way, except for the fact that it\'s illegal.
Conservatives are always trying to say that the marketplace is the ultimate democracy, and people should "vote with their dollars" and so forth. How about if we apply this logic to the IRS? Every year at tax time, give individuals a menu of federal programs and budget items they can choose to pay for ~ or not to pay for. If real people saw what proportion of our budget goes to the military, do you think it would be so well funded? Maybe some other social programs that historically get screwed, like education and public housing, would receive a boost.
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First off all, screwing with the IRS is not a smart move. Anyway, I\'m surprised they actually work and earn an income that has to be taxed.
Coredweller,
I like your idea as long as there is a box I can check off that says no tax. I also wouldn\'t be so sure that the military would suffer under your idea after recent events.
Ace
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Hippies have big ass teeth- wait wrong thing.
Bleh, what a bunch of idiots.
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Originally posted by Ace
I like your idea as long as there is a box I can check off that says no tax. I also wouldn\'t be so sure that the military would suffer under your idea after recent events.
I forgot to mention the caveat... If you don\'t pay, you don\'t get the benefits.. For example, if you don\'t check the US Dept of Transportation box, you don\'t get to drive on Interstate Freeways. If you don\'t check the FAA box, you only get to fly on certain unregulated airlines. :) Have fun flying an airline that performs maintenance when they feel like it. :laughing: I\'d say more importantly, if you don\'t pay tax, you don\'t have any recourse to law enforcement or legal protection of any kind. You\'d be forced to move out to the lawless unprotected zones in the midwest (of course). Oh man this is getting good. I should write a screenplay. :)
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Wow, these people are really stupid. Hey, its their lives. Let them ruin it with bad credit and seized property.
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Originally posted by Titan
Wow, these people are really stupid. Hey, its their lives. Let them ruin it with bad credit and seized property.
Agreed!!!
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Originally posted by Coredweller
Brilliant insight. Thanks for sharing. :rolleyes:
dude i was only joking i think the smiley at the end of my post made that clear :confused:.
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The problem is it wasn\'t funny. It\'s hard to get a laugh out of any of your posts with the stuff you write, and your avatar showing some missile blowing the shit out of something.
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Originally posted by Coredweller
I forgot to mention the caveat... If you don\'t pay, you don\'t get the benefits.. For example, if you don\'t check the US Dept of Transportation box, you don\'t get to drive on Interstate Freeways. If you don\'t check the FAA box, you only get to fly on certain unregulated airlines. :) Have fun flying an airline that performs maintenance when they feel like it. :laughing: I\'d say more importantly, if you don\'t pay tax, you don\'t have any recourse to law enforcement or legal protection of any kind. You\'d be forced to move out to the lawless unprotected zones in the midwest (of course). Oh man this is getting good. I should write a screenplay. :)
Gee, kind of like the excise tax I pay on my car to keep the roads in good condition. I have potholes in my city that can house a small family.
Can you come to my city and let them know that my taxes aren\'t being properly spent?
Ace
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Originally posted by Coredweller
The problem is it wasn\'t funny. It\'s hard to get a laugh out of any of your posts with the stuff you write, and your avatar showing some missile blowing the shit out of something.
damn i make one lame post and suddenly all my posts are lame, man that just sucks. ;)
well i guess yer right my first post was probably in bad taste i\'ll admit that much.
oh and leave my avy outta this, just look at what you\'ve already done, u scared him away. ;)
Mod\'s, I\'m sorry if I took this thread outta topic.
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I appreciate Tyrant\'s posts and his avvy rocked.
I like seeing my tax dollars at work in tyrant\'s avatars. Better than seeing two criminals fight over a ball.
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Originally posted by CHIZZY
Better than seeing two criminals fight over a ball.
*pisses pants in laughter*
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Originally posted by CHIZZY
I appreciate Tyrant\'s posts and his avvy rocked.
I like seeing my tax dollars at work in tyrant\'s avatars. Better than seeing two criminals fight over a ball.
Everytime the shell hits in his avy, I say "boom" :)