>Okay so its just theft because when I get my check I get a receipt which tells me the amount of theft which occurred from each pay check. Theft is taking from

>Okay so its just theft because when I get my check I get a receipt which tells me the amount of theft which occurred from each pay check. Theft is taking from someone that which they already posses. Not being given something is not the same as being stolen from. The money "taken" from your check was never yours; that the government discloses a particular amount (and calculates it as a percentage) is incidental. If you choose to with-hold your taxes that you'll owe later, that's something you agree to individually at your own discretion, of course. You signed up to be taxed when you took a job in the United States. The 13th Amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime, so if you're being worked and taxed against your own volition, please consult your nearest civil rights attorney, because you've got a solid case. >As for citizenship and participation I don't see what so virtuous about submitting to the violence of the state and perceiving it as necessary to government when applied to taxes, I respect laws which do not infringe upon my own rights Your particular ability to see the virtue in taxation has no bearing on the legal definition of theft. Nor does your particular feelings toward laws impart any special sovereignty in relation to them. >a contract which I never signed Every single transaction you make with the government, from sales tax to social security tax to Obamacare penalty, is the outcome of an individual agreement (a 'contract') you enter into with various parties. Again, if you so chose, you could live off of the auspices of charity and pay zero tax. Or, you could even work a little and receive negative tax! You don't like the system in place. That's clear. But false equivocation makes for a specious argument.