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millertime1211 says...

Maybe you'd never heard of the Boston Tea Party? Our revolution against britans forceful taxation of the americas?

TAXES
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Court Fines
(indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
(FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline Tax
(42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense
(tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges
(tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties
(tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Taxes
(Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax
(SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and
local surcharge taxes
Telephone mi nimum usage surcharge tax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines
(indirect taxation)
Trailer Registration Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

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Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.


>> ^NetRunner:
I fail to see any sense in what the questioner was saying. Because there are penalties for not paying your taxes, it's forceful, and therefore somehow wrong?
With regard to Reid referring to our tax system being "voluntary", he's referring to voluntary enforcement -- we rely on citizens to fill out an income tax form, and voluntarily pay any outstanding taxes. A non-voluntary system would mean you have no opportunity to pay or not pay, ever. Things like Huckabee's "Fair tax" plan, where all tax becomes sales tax, would be a good example of a "non-voluntary" tax system. No forms, no opportunity to avoid paying it because it'd just be baked into the cost of everything you buy.
The obligation to pay taxes is not voluntary, and is an innate responsibility that comes with citizenship. Without taxes, there's no government for you to be a citizen of.
If you're not willing to sign on to that part of the social contract, you're free to renounce your citizenship, and go elsewhere.
All that would probably go over the head of this guy. He's just a right-wing hack using word games to try to make the Democratic Senate Majority Leader look silly.

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