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And you thought you had to pay them? Ridiculous!
Senator Harry Reid says, “the government doesn’t force you to pay taxes.” Reid says that he “doesn’t accept the phraseology” that the government “forcefully takes money from you.” Really, I am not joking. Oh … and he says that the reason our system is called a “voluntary” tax system is because we have deductions/loopholes that allow us to keep some of our money. Just for fun, count how many times Reid says “voluntary” and “phraseology.”
I’m not sure how dated this interview is, but bear in mind that this is a U.S. Senator spending 4+ minutes denying the notion of government force and coercion. This isn’t the first time I’ve covered this topic.
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I think he is saying that they are voluntary because we can voluntarily pick our deductions and pay less or more if we want which still doesn't make any sense but that is what I think he is thinking in his mind. What people don't realize is that anything the government can force you to do is voluntary because we give them that power that we once had and we can retake that power anytime we want so we voluntarily comply with all government laws since we agreed to let them do create those laws. They F up one time and we can then take those powers back.
A very thin blue line in his comment .Very politically structured yet trying change the meaning of thw word voluntary
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Well, I'm not sure what his definition of being forced to do something or not is, but mine would be that I would be put in prison and/or fined for not doing something. I guess it's voluntary in that I can decide not to pay the taxes now, but will have to pay them later & a fine & spend some quality time in prison for that option. That's not voluntary in any sense of the word.
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