Why I Stopped Paying Taxes

[@Quakerspeak]

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[@peacefulscrimp5183]

How many times does the dollar in your pocket get taxed ❓🤷‍♂️❓

[@zacharygreene1979]

If everyone stopped paying taxes all together at the same time there is nothing "they" could do about it

[@karync.6707]

True. like a boycott of the govt...I LIKE it : )

[@redfather5342]

Same as if everyone in the us should up with guns to Washington theres nothing the government can do about it

[@zacharygreene1979]

@@redfather5342 yep

[@zacharygreene1979]

@@redfather5342 annnnnd, ur comment got taken out as soon as I first commented on it

[@zacharygreene1979]

@@redfather5342 KZbin doesn't like hearing the truth

[@rolandoorozco2254]

I see a good man speaking truth.Right on for taking the hard path.This man picked up his cross.Hero

[@showtown7563]

This is what a true hero looks like. Thanks for your services man

[@skettlu2344]

Don't grow up admiring free loaders.

[@ThreeFingerG]

@@skettlu2344 Don't grow up tolerating the screeching of bootlickers.

[@irsmedic]

This is courage.

[@Ambrodilplus]

Exactly

[@JCX-9]

And we should all do this. Let them throw us all in the jail.

[@A.M.E-K-87-10]

I’m from Iraq lived thru the economic embargo the United States govt placed on my country. I know what mean to be hungry and deprived from the basics needs for living. Thank you for taking a stand and your actions may have not got you but troubles but I appreciated you.

[@SilentWeaponsQuietWars]

I'm sorry for what America did to your people and Country. It was all based on a lie.

[@markillsley8676]

I’m from the UK England. From the bottom of my heart I’m sorry for the part my country played in your pain. We bleed the same brother.

[@dH-pq5pn]

Iraq invaded Kuwait. What should the USA have done? Why didn't you and your countrymen and women remove Saddam? Why is it everyone else's problem when the middle east countries allow dictators to rule?

[@A.M.E-K-87-10]

@@dH-pq5pn you also invaded Vietnam for 13 years and used chemical weapons there, what have you done about that? Iraq and Kuwait issues are not your business to worry about, today the Saudis are killing thousands of Yemeni with support of the US weapons and politics, why the US not supporting Yemen and stop the Saudi’s since u want to claim the world police? Oh and I can go more and more, but you probably keep your convinced ideas that giving by BS and trash ideals.

[@RetroDawn]

​@@dH-pq5pn You might want to learn a little about what life was and is like in those countries under dictators. Also, about why the sanctions were placed on Iraq. The sanctions lasted until after the US invaded Iraq on a lie in 2003, 12 years after they were forced out by UN coalition military.

[@TheLadyajb]

Knowing that he is a Quaker and probably has meetings on the weekends, they sentenced him only on weekends to try and take his support system away...... WOW!

[@aminahilton1]

I totally agree!

[@dH-pq5pn]

Exactly how did they take his support system away? He had 5 dys to hang out with his support system after work.....Plus I do believe visitors are allowed in jail.

[@RetroDawn]

@@dH-pq5pn He could not go to Quaker meetings, though.

[@daisymaygames]

Eh. It’s calling being a weekend warrior. It’s really common, it probably would’ve *only* been on a weekend. And it’s pretty lenient and considerate since people can still keep their jobs during the week. Muslims pray Friday, Jews Saturday, and Christian’s have Sunday. It’s nothing about trying to stop people from going to worship.

[@technowhoadie3032]

@@daisymaygamesyou clearly haven’t developed critical thinking enough and aren’t very articulate. So let me explain it in a you might understand… think of a wave in the ocean. What you’re thinking about is what the wave clashes into, op is referring to the build up that affects the waves motion. Get it.?

[@TheJahsoldier1]

utmost respect...if we all pull the plug..

[@geebee6010]

They can’t fine and lock up 300+ million people in this country if we all come together on something like that. The protests now is only the beginning. The power of the people.

[@ayla5094]

We begin now. They DEPEND on US. We fund them, we can stop, it is our right. #TaxFree

[@NatNat4Tally]

@@geebee6010 I've been saying this for years. If we all stop giving OUR hard earned money away and fight together, they can't put the entire US in jail. Esp when we make peanuts to begin with. What else can the government take from us if we let them. My question is where and how do we start? It's only a small amount who are woke about this.

[@ozziecrosby2092]

@@NatNat4Tally absolutely

[@LeAndreWatts]

Facts

[@rainmaker6970]

as someone that stopped filing in 2002 when I found out about how our government was responsible for 9/11 I as a single person with no kids look up to this man for his character and will to do what was in his heart I am not a quaker but will never understand how all my born again friends clients and colleagues dont see the eye of an eye as a regressive trait and while I would support my military if it was only self defensse I think eveyone reading knows that we have had bases in other countries for a long long time and even a Fed Reserve that was not Federal in many other countiies well thank you sir I did not know your story before today but I am glad to have heard it and met you though you tube

[@flat-earther]

hi rainmaker, have you become a flat earther yet?

[@Vandicoup]

Also, look up all the atrocities various Marine units committed against innocent, Vietnamese non-combatants and entire families during the Vietnam War. Will make your skin crawl and your stomach curl just reading the Wikipedia summaries alone...

[@curiouspilot]

In my opinion, sending two agents would be adequate for the task, and five or six agents would be scary enough, but fifteen agents? What were they planning to do, cause a major scene and bully the man, mafia style?

[@JohnDoe-iq3zr]

If it's fifteen agents they want to send than I think you need your neighbors and close friends help to even that number

[@Vandicoup]

He said *11 actually, but yes that is excessive for one person!

[@andaros8449]

I often think about my taxes and what it goes towards and it makes me sick.

[@mereen750]

Yeah it goes to politicians. Fuxking disgusting.

[@baperacks-com6801]

Don't be sick cutie stop paying federal immediately. Only pay local/city

[@trappedcat3615]

It does not actually go toward anything but endless debt. If they need money, the Federal Reserve can print trillions out of thin air. Taxes paying for anything is just wishful thinking.

[@andaros8449]

@trappedcat3615 We could pay it off in no time if corporations were paying their fair share. We've been adding more to the national debt ever since the Trump tax cuts. A lot of them go to corporate welfare too.

[@trappedcat3615]

@@andaros8449 Yeah, I favor everyone above poverty level paying say 10%, but it's not likely that will ever happen. We could pay off the debt in theory, but the Federal Reserve will likely keep on printing more money and devaluing the dollar. It's as easy as 1-2-3 for them to duplicate our current debt, and nothing is stopping them. There is no law that forbids them from doing it.

[@timelessfriends6404]

I don’t care who the IRS sends I’m not paying taxes!

[@tamaralarimore6000]

Put your personal property, property, assets including yourself and family into Trusts.

[@insertname5421]

or bitcoin

[@gregkillian8216]

Same LFG!!!!

[@ryanferguson9249]

How do you get around your employers, wanting to withhold taxes, though?

[@JimVanEtten]

Not saying YOU or anyone else do this but I write exempt on my W4 then only Medicare and SS comes out but no federal or state tax. @@ryanferguson9249

[@pinklipstickx19]

What a brave man wish i can do that after getting my first paycheck at my job i wanted to cry cause they took to much momey is like im working for free they have money for war yet want to take money out of hard working people

[@freddiemartinez954]

Blackdiamond start your own business and stop working for somebody else.if they can do it so can you.think about it really.you can do it.

[@arguswil]

Blackdiamond lower your tax liability, never claim Zero Single. Its best to break even.

[@livefree985]

Blackdiamond we all have to stop filing i know people who havent filed for 15 years.

[@lotto5742]

@@livefree985 The IRS never audited them?

[@shawn195]

@@freddiemartinez954 you pay higher taxes when you work for yourself

[@BillHendricksShadowmason]

I appreciate your courage... and your conviction. Most of all, you didn't cheat the tax system, and kept your testimony towards truth and integrity. I shall keep you in the Light, Friend.

[@G-NutZ]

Didn’t cheat the tax system is the stupidest phrase I’ve heard in a long time my friend. Go pay more of your money to the government.

[@orlandokaraoke3002]

Did he continue to not file after being prosecuted?

[@illcosby5866]

I’m pretty sure he pays now. Sherry Peele Jackson doesn’t tho, she did 3 years for exposing her ex employer the IRS

[@tamaralarimore6000]

@@illcosby5866 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68

[@jaymorgan.]

@@illcosby5866 How can you get away without paying and not have the IRS come after you?

[@otiumsanctum7297]

@@jaymorgan.you can’t…it’s a risk you take. Unless you file a religious exemption like the Amish and refuse social security number. You forfeit rights to social security and Medicare but the Amish still pay state and local tax like property and school is lumped into that even though they build their own schools.

[@G-NutZ]

We the people must stop paying federal taxes now!!

[@QuickTipsTV-hk8xt]

They will not allow it... They = Republicans & Democrats. Politicians are the system. You will try to break the system: system will fight against you.

[@WilliamBTCWallace]

Nobody is required to pay outsidee of District of Columbia. LOL. It's so crazy people still submit that 1040 form.

[@FancyTruth1]

​@@WilliamBTCWallace William do we go exempt?

[@gregkillian8216]

I haven’t filed in over 10 years

[@ArthurMorgansDeadHorse]

​@@gregkillian8216i applaud you. The thousands yoy get to enjoy for your hard work is a blessing ymto your family

[@doodlebug2u]

Curious as to whether or not Joseph continued to pay taxes after his jail sentence or if he still doesn't pay?

[@JCX-9]

I know that was never addressed. But i think also he wasn’t going to pay tax money used for war that was his main objective at the time. We should all do what he did. Let’s see them put all of us in jail. The sad part most of us don’t know our rights we have been treated as slaves since birth. If people did more research the information is out there but you have to make an effort and look for it.

[@Mexicantours]

@@JCX-9it’s done by consent when we sign our names on either jobs or business license….

[@otiumsanctum7297]

I can tell you that the Amish are already exempt from federal taxes. Religious exemption. They don’t have social security numbers and forfeit rights to social security and Medicare. They still pay state and local taxes deoending on the state as some states don’t have state tax like Florida. I know of mennonites in Florida.

[@chuckgreen4186]

We need more people like him to stand up for what's right

[@Thirteen7447]

You need to do it too!

[@CC-os6df]

Did you stop paying as well🤔

[@redfather5342]

@@CC-os6df make money under the table

[@Abzxcccc]

I stopped filing 2020

[@MULHATTON1851]

A TRUE AMERICAN. A MAN OF CONSCIOUS AND HONOR. A MAN AMONG MEN. A TRUE PATRIOT. I SALUTE YOU, SIR. IF ONLY EVERY OTHER AMERICAN WAS WILLING TO STAND UP AND JUST SAY...HELL NO!!!!!! WE ARE AS MAD AS HELL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mr.barkyvonschnauzer1710]

15 years for the government to react? Sounds about right

[@coboltblue5303]

Not religious but as an anarchist I’d appreciate a support system for this kind of protest 😢

[@jamienichols4786]

W8BEN

[@pennybach6467]

There is no law on the books showing we have to pay, these agents know this, Good on you my friend for standing your GROUND ❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@nazgullinux6601]

As much as I wish I could agree with you, title 26 does exist as well as legal precedant rules by the federal supreme court. Not filing and making money means evading taxes and they will eventually come after you for it.

[@theresamay9481]

REALLY??

[@Chance57]

Ignoring the fact that, thanks to Article 1 section 8 and the 16th amendment, Congress _did_ have authority to pass the revenue act of 1862 that would later make up the bulk of Title 26. They created the tax, as was their right and was the will of the people, and they created a body to enforce and administer the law.

[@weytogoman]

​@@nazgullinux6601Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) contains no provisions creating a specific liability for taxes imposed by subtitle A. Aside from the statutes which apply only to federal government employees, pursuant to the Public Salary Tax Act, the only other statutes that create a specific liability for federal income taxes are those itemized in the definition of “Withholding agent” at IRC section 7701(a)(16). For example, see IRC section 1461. A separate liability statute for “employment” taxes imposed by subtitle C is found at IRC section 3403. 13. What is a “Withholding agent”? Answer: (See Answer to Question 7 first.) The term “Withholding agent” is legally defined at IRC section 7701(a)(16). It is further defined by the statutes itemized in that section, e.g. IRC 1461 where liability for funds withheld is clearly assigned. In plain English, a “withholding agent” is a person who is responsible for withholding taxes from a worker’s paycheck, and then paying those taxes into the Treasury of the United States, typically on a quarterly basis. See IRC section 7809. One cannot become a withholding agent unless workers first authorize taxes to be withheld from their paychecks. This authorization is typically done when workers opt to execute a valid W‑4 “Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate.” In plain English, by signing a W‑4 workers designate themselves as “employees” and certify they are allowing withholding to occur. If workers do not execute a valid W‑4 form, a company’s payroll officer is not authorized to withhold any federal income taxes from their paychecks. In other words, the payroll officer does not have “permission” or “power of attorney” to withhold taxes, until and unless workers authorize or “allow” that withholding ‑‑ by signing Form W‑4 knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily. Pay particular attention to the term “Employee” in the title of this form. A properly executed Form W‑4 creates the presumption that the workers wish to be treated as if they were “employees” of the federal government. Obviously, for people who do not work for the federal government, such a presumption is a legal fiction, at best.

[@weytogoman]

​@@Chance57there is an argument around that the 16th was not properly ratified. Then there's these : “Since the right to receive income or earnings is a right belonging to every persons, this right cannot be taxed as privilege.” (See also Jerome H Sheip Co. v. Amos, 100 Fla. 863, 130 So. 699, 705 {1930]; RedGeld v. Fisher, 135 Or. 180, 292 P. 813, 819 [Ore. 1930]; Sims v. Ahrens, 167 Ark. 557, 271 S.W. 720, 733 [1925]; O’Keefe v. City of Somerville, 190 Mass. 110, 76 N.E. 457, 458 [1906]). P. 19Jerome H Sheip Co. v. Amos, 130 So. 699, 705 By propaganda, misleading information and seditious syntax, government has gotten nearly everyone in the 50 States of the Union to use ZIP modes of address, and that creates a PRESUMPTION or a PREJUDICIAL ADMISSION that one is in such a Federal venue, or that one is such a government agent. In general, it is well settled in law that Income Tax Statutes apply only to corporations and to their officers, agents, and employees acting in their official capacities, e.g. from Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Traigle, 421 U.S. 100, 44 L.Ed.2d 1, 95 S.Ct. 1538 (1975): "... However, all 'income tax statutes' apply only to state created creatures known as corporations no matter whether state, local, or federal." Since corporations act only through their officers, employees, etc., the income tax statutes reach out to them when acting in their official capacities, but not as individuals. This is the real purpose for Identifying Numbers -- cf. 26 CFR 301.6109-1(d) & (g) and 26 USC 6331(a) and 26 CFR 301.6331-1, Part 4. Use of a ZIP Code address is tantamount to the admission of being a "citizen of the United States" who does not necessarily have the protections of the first eight Amendments to the Constitution (in the Bill of Rights) when proceeded against by Federal or State authority -- Maxwell v. Dow, 176 U.S. 581, 20 S.Ct. 448 (1900), but, "All the provisions of the constitution look to an indestructible union of indestructible states", Texas vs White, 7 Wall. 700; U.S. v. Cathcart, 25 F.Case No. 14,756; In re Charge to Grand Jury, 30 F. Case No. 18,273 (65 C.J. Section 2) -- not known to be overturned. It used to be very difficult to find laws enacted by Congress; but now, with the advent of the internet, all of us can find the copy of any law to read for ourselves at our fingertips on our personal computers or smart phones. As a result, I have done my due diligence and have read tax laws for myself, especially tax laws at the website of the US House of Representatives. I looked up several sections of Tile 26 of the United States Code (otherwise known as the IRS Code). IRS Code Section 7701, defines many terms that to a common person, like me, needs no defining: Terms like “Person”, “Domestic”, “Stock”, “United States”, “State” as well as some uncommon words or definitions like “International organization”, “Domestic building and loan association”, “United States person” or “cooperative bank”. I also found in IRS Code Section 7701(a)(16), the definition of Withholding Agent - The term “withholding agent” means any person required to deduct and withhold any tax under the provisions of section 1441, 1442, 1443, or 1461.” I found these 4 Code sections here: (Sorry, I had to remove links or YT would delete the comment but Google the IRS code) Naturally I looked up and read code sections 1441, 1442, 1443, or 1461 as well to see if I, as an American citizen am subject to the Federal Income Tax withholding. To my amazement, I found that these four sections are about “nonresident alien individual”, “foreign partnership”, “foreign corporations”, “foreign tax exempt organizations”, NOT American citizens, such as myself. I also looked up IRS Code Section 61, from which taxable income is derived from in IRS Code Section 63. I found these two sections at: Section 61: US CODE (yep censored again) I was shocked again. In Section 61 it lists eighteen different items as “Gross Income,” such as minor things, such as fees, dividends, royalties and fringe benefits, but glaringly absent is wages or salaries. The US Supreme Court has clearly and unanimously ruled in a case called Gould v. Gould in 1917 that: “In the interpretation of statutes levying taxes, it is the established rule not to extend their provisions by implication beyond the clear import of the language used, or to enlarge their operations so as to embrace matters not specifically pointed out. In case of doubt, they are construed most strongly against the government and in favor of the citizen. United States v. Wigglesworth, 2 Story 369, Fed.Cas. No. 16,690; American Net & Twine Co. v. Worthington, 141 U. S. 468, 141 U. S. 474; Benziger v. United States, 192 U. S. 38, 192 U. S. 55.” Copy attached. The average American wage earner and salaried person is being Hoodwinked by the IRS and the Deep State. These entities are stealing the money of the American people by misapplying the Federal Tax laws for the benefit of the corrupt bankers, corporations and other moneyed special interests. Who then in turn pay for election campaigning advertisement for politicians that will hire the bureaucrat ?

[@nameblocked4626]

dude you've got a wrongfully arrested and imprisoned case I hope you know this

[@clipsahoii]

What?

[@FollowerOfGODBeliverOfJESUS]

It's not wrongful improvement he broke the law

[@crev6295]

@@FollowerOfGODBeliverOfJESUS What law? There's no law that says I have to pay federal income taxes on my OWN labor. Constitutionally, it only applies to businesses, corporations, etc. The Federal Reserve and the IRS are unconstitutional, and the 16th Amendment wasn't ratified in the required three-fourths of the states, making it illegitimate.

[@deriobamba]

You may hold the _opinion_ that the FR and IRS are unconstitutional, or that the 16th Amendment wasn't ratified properly (the reasons usually given being quite ridiculous) but that and a quarter will buy you a phone call. The courts (including the USSC) have never ruled otherwise. I could make an argument about why I can collect tolls on my street--that won't make it legal.

[@stevejordan7275]

@@deriobamba Well, you've almost certainly been lied to by people who were simply passing on the lie(s) they were told, so you never knew where to look for the truth about taxation in America. Don't think you can stop paying taxes. How do you expect to run a government on *no money?* On the other hand, what you CAN do is stop paying taxes *you don't owe.* Example: I have an electric car, so I don't pay the Petroleum Tax. But I'll bet you do, right at the pump. Important: "Income" doesn't mean "all that comes in," or the Federal Income Tax would be a "Direct" tax, rather than the "indirect" tax that it is. Start with a short, accessible user's view of Internal Revenue Code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6YmWSNpqd7eZo (Thanks, Emily!) Spend 15 minutes walking through relevant bits of Title 26 and the *actual* law it represents kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpm1moOadtyrZtU If you find it interesting, browse the hundreds of testimonial videos and dozens of presentation videos on Pete Hendrickson's channel. kzbin.info/door/O6lZpgW_15HUwtXRh3wdvAvideos Or go straight to the source and read up on IRC and what it says at LostHorizons.com

[@ZGaming2018]

Just a fyi to those who think this guy is wrong look up some supreme court cases of people winning these cases against the IRS. The founding fathers of America were careful when writing the constitution because of seperation and freedom from England. The only income that is legally taxable is capital gains and income generated from your day job is not taxable under any law period. Also the law clearly states no taxation without representation and that was clearly written to keep the gov’t from getting too strong.

[@Karrambide]

I worked for a company that hired disabled people. And I still have to pay taxes for being a decent human. This country sucks.

[@Skitz6969]

It's not tax evasion if you simply say you decline too pay them.

[@irsmedic]

The founders of this country knew that tax protesting was a fundamental right. The People have this power. No court can destroy unless we allow it.

[@Mr_flynnch]

Never plea.. no injured party, no crime.

[@Somebodysomewheresometime]

This man is a hero! We all need to follow his advice for the beautiful earth and lives we have been granted. It’s 2023 and all of our money is going to war, corruption, and pure evil

[@fernandop1]

Yea, I agree and I wish I can stop paying taxes too, but then I heard cases of people going to jail for not paying them. Smh...

[@hersheyslim]

Check out FREEDOM LAW SCHOOL on KZbin

[@chadthundercock8277]

@@samyza200 we used to have private roads in this country before the country started subsidizing them

[@ForeclosureGhost]

FernandoP1 - If you want to learn about how to stop paying taxes there are a ew things you need to do. 1st, if it is state, go look at the original intent of the tax law. Read the tax law if needed, but read it. One can usually find the original act most likely back around 1875-1876. Also read the previous year constitutional congress of that state, if they had one. But, what you will find is the tax law was for corporations and other legal entities. And it still is but most of this country has been asleep and not paying attention. You've got to know this stuff yourself and you should not rely on any seemingly too good to be true paperwork because that is what got people put in jail. If you know their law, then you will know how they a misapplying it. Same way with federal. You are a U.S. Citizen for taxation purposes only and most can't seem to grasp they are a citizen of their state that is one of the several states in the United State of America. You not not need to be a U.S. Citizen. And there is nothing wrong with that. You are sill loyal to your country. Oh, sorry I'm late.

[@trueaddict8733]

I think cases like that are used to scare people into compliance. They may not even be true.

[@stevejordan7275]

@FernandoP1 Sorry, you can't stop paying taxes. How do you expect to run a government on *no money?* What you CAN do is stop paying taxes you don't owe. Example: I have an electric car, so I don't pay the Petroleum Tax. "Income" doesn't mean "all that comes in," or the Federal Income Tax would be a "Direct" tax, rather than the "indirect" tax that it is. Start with a short, accessible user's view of Internal Revenue Code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6YmWSNpqd7eZo (Thanks, Emily!) Spend 15 minutes walking through relevant bits of Title 26 and the *actual* law it represents kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpm1moOadtyrZtU If you find it interesting, browse the hundreds of testimonial videos and dozens of presentation videos on Pete Hendrickson's channel. kzbin.info/door/O6lZpgW_15HUwtXRh3wdvAvideos Or go straight to the source and read up on IRC and what it says at LostHorizons.com

[@oldmannofoololdmannofool3538]

well done sir! I live in England and have been working 35 years paying tax but got laid off with severance due to I'll health. went to sign on for the first time and was told I can't because I haven't paid enough tax in the last two years? because I was in and out of hospital? and because my wife, who's part-time works 25 hours a week? really? so what is the point of working most of my life? next time I won't declare anything

[@slayer2608]

God bless you

[@majormarketing6552]

If you never file once, you never have a file 🤭

[@otiumsanctum7297]

Yeah Medicaid is like that too in the US but if you’re too ill to work you could file for disability which will make you eligible for federal healthcare. At least that’s how it is in the US. I used to work in eligibility and public assistance. Not sure what UK is like. But again, that help comes from taxes so you either take the risk of not participating in the tax game and try to be self-sufficient and rely on God and community to take care of you…which is hard to come by unless you’re in Amish Quaker Mennonite type of communities.

[@marcusfossa6695]

We need to revolt.

[@americopedroni6837]

I haven’t filed in five years, I will not go quietly off to some cage.

[@MasterFeiFongWong]

Thank you for not being a coward. More people need to stand up and take control of there money by saying to the governments you cant have my shit unless I willingly donate it to you!

[@americopedroni6837]

@@MasterFeiFongWong That’s correct I agree thank you

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68 Put your assets/property including yourself and children into Trusts. (common law). Legal system follows legalese and uses legalese language. Law follows the constitution. Learn the difference.

[@americopedroni6837]

@@tamaralarimore6000 I will look into it most definitely, thank you. I know a pathetically small amount of truth. Yet I adhere to the Golden rule and will have freedom one way or another

[@brightwinter9334]

I will no longer do it. I have nothing to lose anyway.

[@MiddlePath33]

He shouldn’t have pled guilty. There is no law requiring one to pay a federal income tax. You can’t plead guilty to something that isn’t a violation of a law.

[@badele80]

I wonder if this is true, I hear conflicting information on this. Some people are saying it's not a law and some are giving references as to how it is a law.

[@jamesjdoolin]

How about a system that actually allows the taxpayer to decide where their tax dollars go? Rather than mail Uncle Sam a check and that money goes to a general fund where Congress under the influence of special interests decides where and how the money is spent, you actually have choices on your tax return with 10, 20, 30 government agencies listed that the tax payer chooses to support with their tax return. For example: you owe $5000 in federal income tax. You can designate that all $5000 tax dollars go to the Dept. of Education. Or you can designate $1000 to Dept. of Education, $1000 to Environment Protection Agency, $1000 for Dept. of Transportation, and $1000 for Social Security Admin. and $1000 for Veterans Affairs. Designate a list of federal agencies (say the 100 biggest) and let these agencies compete for the taxpayer's dollar. The taxpayer will feel better paying their taxes knowing that their money went to an agency they support. If "John Smith" wants to support the troops he might choose for his tax dollars to go to the Defense Dept. If "Jane Doe" feels our infrastructure needs improvement she might choose for her tax dollars to go to Transportation Dept for new bridges/highways/airport improvements, etc. Congress has shown they can't be trusted to spend money wisely. Congress is under the influence of special interest. Plus the tax payer wont bitch so much when they can pick which agency receives their tax dollars. Lets see what the tax payer thinks is more important. Currently the Defense budget is about $580 Billion while Education is about $70 Billion. Smaller agencies might get absorbed into larger agencies in order to get funded... but these agencies will have to appeal directly to the American taxpayer for their tax dollars. Each agency will have to outline their responsibilities and how they plan to use the tax payers money. If the taxpayers get it wrong or some agency gets under-funded there is always next year for the tax payer to get it right. Eventually the right balance will be struck and Americans will get a government more inline with their wishes.

[@shabutir1820]

Because thats socialism. We are not socialist. Its also a VERY flawed system to have.

[@shabutir1820]

@Bruce Wayne No because we elect the people who choose where the money goes. A republic.

[@shabutir1820]

@Bruce Wayne Its not though, but if thats how you wanna see it. Socialism is where everyone decides collectively (like democracy). A republic is where everyone elects people to represent them and make the decisions for them. Both have downsides. But any and all forms of government do. The saying goes, you cant make everyone happy.

[@mankypancakes]

Wholeheartedly agree and I've been saying this for years, calling it "elective taxation". I'd even be happy with a 50/50 split, where half goes into a general pool and the other half is allocated by the individual taxpayers.

[@josephinetracy1485]

Politicians and all of the agents that keep this going are never punished.

[@Vicureview]

The people who works for the government and the IRS should think a little bit about this because they’re hurting millions of family that are struggling trying to provide the basis everything is nonsense expensive every people or family deserve a better life

[@suppaduppa]

Most people dont care as long as they get paid and it doesnt effect them personally. Have you heard of the Milgrim Experiment. Watching that you will understand why many go along with some of the most heinous acts. "I'm just following orders" comes to mind. People are mostly docile sheep that dont think for themselves.

[@jashton8710]

I'm watching this in 2018. Have you filed a tax return since this vid?

[@atp28218]

The sad part is the main reason for war is profit...

[@computerbiscuit]

Read Smedley Butler, his book tells the origins of war for profit.

[@PolarBearPredator]

No Bro that is the ONLY reason.

[@DominiqueDeMann]

It's impossible to not pay taxes. They take them from our earnings and taxes are applied to every resource we buy. How is it possible to not pay taxes?

[@perciousmatter7001]

We need to go within and make our own shit.

[@tamaralarimore6000]

Strawman

[@rainmaker6970]

Actually not inpossible ; 1- Be a 1099 person 2/ Be a saver and only buy things for cash 3- When they send you letters and they will call them evey few yrs and taunt them tell them where yoiu are tell them you know of their grift and which days you will ne in town and bring an army and alot of guns because you aint going silently Been tax free since 2002 with a big help from my decision to stay single have no children and my desire to always ne running my own business Its been 21 yrs and they still havent shown up yet :))

[@betterthanemril988]

Well when you’re a 1099 and you’re not paid through an employer and don’t make quarterly payments it’s very possible. Even as a W-2 you can actually choose whether or not to have your federal and state taxes withheld, but you would just end up getting a big tax bill after filing however but that’s up to you to pay it

[@multi-milliondollarmike5127]

​@@rainmaker6970What immunities does a 1099 give you?

[@shamusmichaelrichardduffey5353]

I'm pretty sure everybody here is an anarcho-capitalist to some extent. This guy is a hero in my eyes!

[@nanocalp]

i think income tax mostly goes to paying off interest on the debt. corporate tax goes towards war i think.

[@I_keel_you]

nanocalp - check out the Grace Commission under Ronal Reagan

[@pyramidbrickandstone2198]

nanocalp the wars have been possible only because of the debt created since the inception of the federal reserve. Yes income taxes do support the one institution whose health is dependent on war. With out interest payments raised through income taxes the secret cabal of international bankers never would have been interested in funding the state's century of almost continuous and total war since 1913. It is not a coincidence that the central bank, the income tax and a century of total war came about simultaneously.

[@brandell4638]

Unfortunately the basis of this is flawed. No money from income taxation goes to services. Money collected is used to pay interest only on loans from the federal reserve and other private banks that people mistakenly think are government agencies. As there is more owed at all times than actual money in existence, it is impossible to ever be debt free, unless we stand up and eliminate the use of these banks and walk away from the amount owed by refusing or filing federal bankruptcy. Oddly enough, there is no actual basis in law for federal taxation and the IRS admits it's a 'voluntary' system. So.... how do we accept criminal treatment in the USA for a voluntary and baseless by law tax?

[@DavidGilesColorado]

MY LAST YEAR was a decade ago. I got this thick letter from that 3 l;etter agency and cannot find my letter opener :(.

[@MsFreethepeople]

Good for you. I'm in the same spirit of mind. Which is how I stumbled across this video, seeking out ways and advice on how to remove myself from this system of destruction.

[@inaayabintmusab9612]

It is totally legal to avoid taxes but not to evade taxes.The only taxes we have to pay are sales tax and property tax. If you have a working farm your real estate taxes can be greatly reduced. Income tax can be avoided by living in your house for 2 years and then selling it because capital gains on your residence are not taxable. Also if we live frugally and simply we will not be making enough money to be required to pay income tax.

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68

[@tamaralarimore6000]

Common law, strawman

[@Sight2Behold]

Property tax is theft as well

[@MrWuChung]

There is a right way to do things, and a wrong way. He neglected to legally divorce himself from the system.

[@incorectulpolitic]

how do yo do that?

[@imjustvisiting5397]

This is a beautiful message delivered in a very composed manner. I have been telling people the same thing, albeit in a very angry, passionate, crazy lady way.

[@huyget]

I hate the irs as well .

[@NashPotatoesOutdoorShow]

Thanks for sharing your story!!

[@trcy1977]

Taxation is theft. I think the system is rigged. Being who I am, if I decided not to pay labor tax, the government would come after me. Quaker boy, please explain why I'm a target and you are not.

[@mereen750]

Wrong, taxation is robbery and slavery.

[@johnr6143]

Because you simply comply, and don't stand on any convictions, because money is your god!

[@Chance57]

Using my public roadways and utilities without paying taxes is also theft. Hopefully you get locked up for the freeloading.

[@scrapeyhawkins5299]

Road tax comes from tax from gas at the pumps

[@that1electrician]

​@Chance57 Dude, the roads are all fked up, they never get fixed. Utilities? Also fked up. We had like 7 blackouts that lasted more than 24 hours this last summer. Why should we keep getting taxed out the a$$ for stuff that never gets fixed? It's a broken system...has been for a long long time. It's OUR money that WE bust our ass for, not theirs. Wake up dude. We're all being be t over hard, no matter what state you live in. We should all stop paying at once. That would get interesting real quick.

[@CryptoBlockchainTechnologies]

Why wait for the IRS to come just move to Cuba.

[@johnq8792]

Amazing man , highest respect.

[@spotted_salamander]

Honorable Quaker man. ❤ This is what you call "civil disobedience" to corrupt government law and policy. Quakers were the early voices, among societies emigrating from Europe to the U.S., who deemed taxation as a mechanism used to enslave all people, from Indigenous Americans to European settlers. And many stood against U.S. state and federal government taxation to fund wars. Each one, teach one

[@ajblundell]

now thats power my friend.we can all do it.

[@stevejordan7275]

@john jones You don't even have to do it like he did. Just read the law. The IRS makes it tough by having 8 million words of it, but you're not the first one on this path. Start with a short, accessible user's view of Internal Revenue Code: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH6YmWSNpqd7eZo (Thanks, Emily!) Spend 15 minutes walking through relevant bits of Title 26 and the *actual* law it represents kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpm1moOadtyrZtU If you find it interesting, browse the hundreds of testimonial videos and dozens of presentation videos on Pete Hendrickson's channel. kzbin.info/door/O6lZpgW_15HUwtXRh3wdvAvideos Or go straight to the source and read up on IRC and what it says at LostHorizons.com You can do it!

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68 Put your assets/property including yourself and children into Trusts. (common law). Legal system follows legalese and uses legalese language. Law follows the constitution. Learn the difference.

[@fudsicle678]

Our taxes go to The Queen of England. We are being freed from this now. We are taking our freedom back. Peace joy love to all

[@eobardthawne324]

Why would our taxes go to the Queen? That doesn't make any sense.

[@stayswervin554]

can you explain this a lil more i know the queen owns social security. but i wanna know how deep this rabbit hole actually goes

[@fudsicle678]

@@stayswervin554 The answers are being revealed now by groups of souls who have awakened to the TRUTH.

[@stayswervin554]

@@fudsicle678 you have any links?

[@tamaralarimore6000]

Common law, strawman, Peter Wilson, Bobby Lawrence...

[@cartninja6479]

I dont pay taxes because my money is my money . I worked for it. Government people and officials 170k + for a 35 hour work week. I work 65 hours at 33$ and that money is mine not theirs. I refuse to pay taxes!

[@incorectulpolitic]

teach me how please

[@Somberdemure]

Nice.

[@ArthurMorgansDeadHorse]

​@@incorectulpoliticFreedom law school

[@incorectulpolitic]

do they have a website ? @@ArthurMorgansDeadHorse

[@chetpomeroy1399]

For those of us in the private sector, the IRS *wouldn't even know we exist* if it weren't for our workplaces sending erroneous information returns (e.g., Forms W-2, 1099) to it. There is a *lawful* way of correcting any erroneous information returns already sent to the IRS when you send in your annual Form 1040, though. There are private-sector Americans who have done just that, resulting in getting refunds of *ALL* withheld amounts, including Social Security, Medicare contributions as well as FIT.

[@Spillers72]

Thing is though, if you work for an employer, they withhold taxes for you. Most people get a refund, thus, if you don't file you are probably paying more in taxes.

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68 Put your assets/property including yourself and children into Trusts. (common law). Legal system follows legalese and uses legalese language. Law follows the constitution. Learn the difference.

[@betterthanemril988]

They can withhold social security and Medicare but you can actually exempt yourself from getting state and federal taxes.

[@mycharmedunicorn8715]

My husband and I are 60. He works I am on social security. he claims 0 and every year we pay in an additional $400+ on top of what they have already got. Only young people with children get money back. When my kids turned 18 that’s when I started having to pay in

[@simondelaney2958]

Here in Australia you don’t write a check for your tax to the irs it is automatically deducted from your pay each week so correct me if I’m wrong but the only way to not pay tax here is to not have a job and don’t buy anything. Basically you would have to stop using money all together.

[@3stax170]

Simon Delaney The very same thing happens in America! Weird isn’t it Simon, I’m thinking the same thing because just today June 30, 2019, I got a letter from Mr IRS telling me what I owe him! Which that letter lead me to these videos. Like you said how did I not pay freaking taxes you took the damn things out of my check for the time I worked! So that pretty much makes us even. But in the good Ol America, a single, white, male is gonna have to pay a little more than any one else. Why you might ask!! I guess it’s because “I’m the white devil”!! Makes no damn sense to me.

[@lancebeare8314]

Good for you (and us) you're brave. It's not breaking the law to not file your taxes, why did you "accept" going to jail? And do you pay taxes now??? You said you're on probation, meaning what?

[@thebruce9299]

But do you file for taxes now?

[@I_know_what_im_talking_about]

Bruce Lee -- I also want to know the result of said experiment. Are you filing taxes now?

[@trueaddict8733]

We need more people like him

[@ayla5094]

You wanna start right now? I’ve been #TaxFree for a year now. If several million people stopped paying taxes right now we can bring America back to it’s true roots.

[@trueaddict8733]

@@ayla5094 i completely agree with you. I have been thinking about not filing this year. Is that all you do or is there a process you need to follow? I've watched many videos on the matter but I can't find a conclusive answer

[@ayla5094]

@@trueaddict8733 That would take a very long time to explain, but it all starts with digesting and understanding all the legal aspects and terminology regarding taxation. This is most important to protect yourself and navigate legal terrain, understanding that you are not liable to punishments. I have a few resources for you to use: Taxation by Misrepresentation: drive.google.com/file/d/1NZrsCyOsjvcjdkCoGTOPCw6R80ElsDD-/view?usp=drivesdk Congressional Record: drive.google.com/file/d/18tJau5yzHfEEtOSwdfbu0Y-gIxIHvK3f/view?usp=drivesdk Diversified Case: drive.google.com/file/d/18z9MeUta9WqdFyXlV8xpI_g98I8a3--_/view?usp=drivesdk IRS Commissioner & communists: drive.google.com/file/d/1RCvzLOIe7DHysKLQ1PlUH8CpJILDtGk3/view?usp=drivesdk IRS was not established by law: drive.google.com/file/d/1XE7ll7d3rzjWYgd8HhQF-zfwQ-X9CJ9_/view?usp=drivesdk Letter to Authorities: drive.google.com/file/d/1cgjRLLqR2YKSRAbF_haSA9aYqAehZi6o/view?usp=drivesdk They are of course very long and boring, but important. The rely on us to not educate ourselves and remain complacent.

[@ayla5094]

@@trueaddict8733 I also have links to videos here on youtube that start you off easy, you might have already watched these kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmbCgZ2leqeeZ6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4vViHhvncSsmZI

[@trueaddict8733]

@@ayla5094 tthank you so much!! I'm going to save these ASAP and start looking through it. I greatly appreciate your help!!

[@larrycourtney3647]

I could see some of your point but when you go to the grocery store do you pay taxes on those groceries or do you tell them this story so if you buy a car and you go grocery shopping and you go and build a house you're going to pay all that tax for those materials and guess what you're still supporting it one way or the other my friend

[@pearltongue2820]

Groceries are tax free, and sales tax is by state. Therefore, it shouldn't end up paying for a bomb to be dropped on aid workers in Afghanistan. Either way, limiting the amount of extortion we pay to war criminals is always a good idea.

[@greensprite6067]

I respect this guy, I don’t believe in paying taxes either because just think about it, how is it not complete bullshit to be LEGALLY required to pay money for no fucking reason at all

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68

[@ljubog]

OK, so is he now paying taxes? He's on probation. Was that a one-time protest or a lifetime commitment?

[@Blindsyde5762]

Kudos to being strong and faithful to your beliefs and conscience

[@robinsuggs2169]

I wonder why LinkedIn will let me post any KZbin video... except for this one? Hmmmm, censorship anyone?

[@dominator683]

Strange we pay taxes when they can just print the money they need.

[@Kleroterion]

Unfortunately, there can be no such thing as a "Peace tax" since money is fungible.

[@pyramidbrickandstone2198]

Younes M you are right. I seem to remember from history the early american Quakers demanding and receiving an exception to paying war taxes, but the funds were ultimately used to kill and mame anyways. This mans conviction is inspiring though. I dont advocate a peace tax. I dont advocate any tax. I really like the angle his position comes from. War and the murder of half a million kids is obviously horrendous even to some of those clamouring for more government.

[@johnathanwoods1223]

are we truly free?

[@FirstLast-ys7zn]

Johnathan Woods No chance

[@TalkingIsh100]

Good question Jonathan.

[@MrPurepecha87]

So what happens after 5 years of probation

[@brandonhiggins1394]

There is actually a law that says Property can Not be taxed before prophet. My services are my property. At Sold Value with No Prophet. Therefore Legally we Cant be Taxed. There is a video on here explaining this.

[@jmowreader9555]

Good luck getting that bullshit through the IRS. The courts have decided that when you sell a service, your profit is the difference between the money you paid to enable yourself to do that service and the money you receive for it. Which means if you go to work at someone else's business, you use your employer's equipment and you don't pay anything out of pocket for doing so, all the money you receive counts as profit - and is taxable.

[@jmowreader9555]

Su!c!de Surv!vor The Uniform Commercial Code has no applicability to personal income tax.

[@The.Padgetts]

No law requires you file you plead guilty to a law that don't exist

[@BeatButler]

And just think.. he was charged for something that has no law saying we have to pay smh

[@saturnz7sonz813]

What happened after, has he still continued not to pay his taxes?

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68 Put your assets/property including yourself and children into Trusts. (common law). Legal system follows legalese and uses legalese language. Law follows the constitution. Learn the difference.

[@deniseward002]

Thank you Joseph Olejak - you are a trail blazer. Thank you for your efforts and sacrifice. I would be ripping mad after spending time in jail when the government is killing people and spending no time in jail. Grrrrr.

[@vejoshiraptor]

So….. does he still not pay taxes or did he go back to paying them? Sounds like he must have started paying them again or they wouldn’t have let him about of jail. So if he’s paying them again, seems like the ultimate lesson he got from this is that it’s better to just pay them. But they leave that unsaid and try to imply that the lesson is to not pay taxes… I’m not inclined to trust a message that is being told in such an underhanded way

[@zealthsteel7542]

I support you stand up for your rights or be ripped off from USA

[@Classic_H_Radio]

None of the taxes from the IRS goes to any of the things we think they do lol the things we think it all goes towards comes from buying various things. Roads from gas, public schools come from narcotics i believe. can't remember the correlation list, but uh yeah. The IRS is supposed to send you a list of how your money gets distributed, but they don't.

[@badele80]

The state uses the taxes taken from gas and oil to pay a lot of the cost of roads and such. Can you imagine the amount of money the state makes of people buying gas alone to drive? They Def use most of our dollars for corrupt and/or poor choices

[@milianozuniga-deanda4955]

This is amazing, I'm interested. But looking back, I think Quakers would be more effective not simply refusing to pay taxes but being politically involved about creating change and that's with Progressive policy.

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68

[@theresamay9481]

Quakers have been extremely active socially and politically and protesting injustices

[@Caly19977]

Do most Quakers not pay taxes, or is this unusual? Edit: I have a lot of respect for this person doing what they believed in and standing by it regardless of the consequences, just curious if it's uncommon or not.

[@Quakerspeak]

It has come in and out of common practice! More info here: www.friendsjournal.org/quaker-war-tax-resistance/

[@theresamay9481]

It's not common, but civil disobedience gained prominence in the civil rights era. My father, a practicing Quaker, around 1960 sailed the boat he made to the South Pacific where the US was doing nuclear testing. He was arrested. Our family friend went to jail as a conscientious objector because he wouldn't submit to the US military draft. He was in jail for about 2 years. Another Quaker friend was drafted, but refused to bear arms, and served in the kitchen instead.

[@____2080_____]

One question would be if the gentleman and others like him have maintain their stance. Issues such as his championing won’t be one symbolically. What’s his next step in his plan for a better behavior?

[@tamaralarimore6000]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CbqJx_hrNpl68

[@Freefolkcreate]

Abolish economic and political slavery.

[@TaxationIsTheft]

Willful failure to file only applies to corporations unless you have a really bad lawyer. Read section 7203 and 7343.

[@yeahreally4624]

I personally watched my friend not pay taxes for 10 years they did catch up with him.they for some reason desperate to get him reporting he had nothing in his name to attach to did not do one day in jail oweing them 100s of thousands settled with them for 500 bucks swear this on my children wtf he got lucky?

[@TalkingIsh100]

Wow...who helped him deal with it???

[@TheFemaleSkeptic]

Incredible and inspirational man 👏

[@MMMHUMMEL]

Why keep books? (is he making millions?)lol they don't know what they cant see! Thats why in Sweden a lot of business owners get paid under the table. (50% goes to tax) If your depositing money then thats a record. Otherwise only claim / deposit 20k there really isn't any tax on that,( if any) matter of fact if they come and want you to file taxes, you may qualify for the EIC 4k per child, plus many other deductions. and end up getting money back, more than you would have to pay in. I couldn't tell you , when suing ,how many companies will avoid turning over records and getting away with it. Claiming they dont have it. You cant enforce it, only the IRS can and they can only go on what you wrote down and whats in your account. They need a trail. lol best to find out how they do their "Examinations" previously Audit and be prepared.

[@Yultuz.s]

Wow , never thought about this . Thank you !

[@repeal1628]

No no no we need to tax the government /110% . then they will disappear.

[@ostryostrowski1548]

Repeal 16 yes of course. Lets make the government disappear, that will solve all our problems! Holy shit you people are stupid.

[@OfftoShambala]

And build a wall around them to keep them out.

[@G11-z7e]

Ostry Ostrowski they ain’t stupid people are brainwashed

[@Ac76543211]

So, if I am understanding this correctly, he will face charges of tax evasion every year?

[@tamaralarimore6000]

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[@simplejackthemack5896]

Ive been advocating this for a while but the politicians have way too many brainwashed

[@TheMeme0208]

We definitely need to stand together as a country and fight our government back.

[@jeffcokenour3459]

This is not scriptural. The Bible commands us to "render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasars and the things that are God's unto God." (Matt 22:21). Paul's letters also tell us to pay our taxes. (Romans 13)

[@smartcomputer2094]

I love this 😍 interview, he's so truly about what he saying

[@brandonjones152]

Where is he in 2024?

[@emanyerr5349]

I admire you...your a brave brave man

[@littlemissalwayswrite]

What happened after that? Does he continue to not pay taxes? Was he then required as part of his sentencing?

[@chrissnyder3809]

What a great guy

[@johna8541]

Chris Snyder don't taxes go to pay for the poor police roads etc

[@JClamboat]

What's a poor police road?

[@tommybiggers3169]

+John a some what yeah they do. just like the education lottery suppose to go to schools but yet teachers are let go and schools remain poor. fuck this system.

[@FirstLast-ys7zn]

John a If you are talking about the welfare system when you talk about the poor then that’s destructive as it makes people lazy, dependent and crushes peoples ambitions. The police spend mostly extort people and impose the politicians will on people. The government doesn’t make the roads there are companies that do that. Government doesn’t produce the money tax payers do that. Tax payers can just pay the companies that build the roads

[@nfwaeft]

@@FirstLast-ys7zn Thanks for preaching to us your view of a welfare system. But, I say this as earnestly as I can, given that we live in a market economy, every action is considered by its monetary value. Should everyone pursue a career in banking? Should every teacher pursue a career in private test prep? It already nevertheless occurs, e.g. with decreasing opportunities to even study the humanities in academia in favor of a bubblingly rapidly expanding STEM field, but remove a democratizing medium like resource allocation and redistribution, and all future generations are likely to be even further obligated to assign a monetary value to everything, and if born in, e.g. a city repeatedly suffering from conflict and a lack of consistent education, vs. born to a family with the means to relocate during conflict to safety and have access to private education, there is no equal opportunity. The disparities can be much more mild than this and still there cannot be an equal opportunity to participate in the market. I don't know about you, but to me that sounds far from free, unless you happened to luck out in the birth game and benefited from a lot of head starts in life. Many pacifists and quakers of the past struggled against not only laws they saw as unjust but the community they belonged to that was in favor of such laws. The interviewee in this video, for example, has a problem with where his tax money is going, as opposed to the conceptual nature of taxation. Unless we isolate ourselves into smaller communities of dozens or hundreds, we live in a society of hundreds of millions where wealth and income will, over time and generations, disproportionately skew to a decreasing percentage, as is the case in the US today. In most current situations, and for most people, welfare money is not quite enough to send someone into prolonged laziness. But we have welfare, so that those who receive it, and their household members, including newborns, might have the freedom to learn without interruption, to eat healthy, to enjoy a reduction of poverty-related crime in their neighborhoods, and therefore stability, and then perhaps back contribute to society, because it is a society we live in. Welfare can allow for workers to look for other job opportunities by allowing pauses between jobs, and makes education more accessible. Problems with resource mismanagement/incompetence and external lobbyist influence/corruption are not unique to welfare states, and in a theoretical pure free market economy, efficiency = profit, and businesses have no direct duty to their society, subject to the societal costs of trade (namely industrial waste) with no guaranteed share of private profits. This is a Quaker video; not many would prefer their society be one where money, individual gain, is by definition more valued than doing good. Good governance forced into transparency/honesty by a strong and highly participative democracy are the least worst options for us now, at least for the immediate future.

[@bettyhirsch-klein1701]

You are arole model for faith! God is the true authority. Love one another as i have loved you

[@FutureLaugh]

they gave this guy country jail for a federal offense? Thats confusing. either way, God bless you for taking the conscious step in not contributing to a violence entity.

[@CopperHueCollectionsChippewa]

FutureLaugh that's why I don't believe him, he's talking about the Bible and in the New Testament they paid taxes. People are always talking about don't do it but never tell people the sure fire way to do it. He's full of it!

[@mereen750]

​​@@CopperHueCollectionsChippewa The New Testament was written by the predecessors of communists. And no, nowhere in the Bible does it say you should pay taxes. But I'm pretty sure it says "You shall not steal" I'm not sure though.

[@Slopoke2785]

​@@CopperHueCollectionsChippewait's a public record, no belief required.

[@betterthanemril988]

@@CopperHueCollectionsChippewa it actually did happen. It’s a public record. It might not happen to everyone. It really just depends on the amount of money you owe, but it did happen to him.

[@graffitimasters4533]

probation for 5 years. So each month there is a probation fee that you must pay?. $50.00 per month?, $600.00 per year, times 5 years =$3,000.00? and 26 weekend in a jail. hmmm.

[@JORDIIMusic]

As someone who is an advocate for high taxation, specifically for the purposes of a strong welfare system and large investment in public infrastructure for the benefit of all citizens, I initially came to this video expecting to disagree with this man, but he makes a good point regarding the endless wars. I know if I myself was a US citizen (I'm from New Zealand - where our tax dollars aren't used for wars, but to help our own people), I would make a similar principled stand. Much respect!

[@tamaralarimore6000]

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