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This is what it's like to live in a place where "taxation" is a dirty four letter word. Call me a commie, but I'm glad I live in a place where public safety, ro
by GiraffeNecktie 16y ago
This is what it's like to live in a place where "taxation" is a dirty four letter word. Call me a commie, but I'm glad I live in a place where public safety, road maintenance and health care are a shared civic responsibility. Everyone who can afford to pays and everyone benefits.
- tsotha 16y agoOr you could just pay the fee and pretend it's a tax.
- gaius 16y agoWhat happens if you don't pay your taxes? You don't need to wait for an accident that may never happen like the house catching fire, armed men will shortly arrive on your doorstep demanding that you do. Just saying that there are two sides to every coin.
- gloob 16y agoChaps with guns inconveniencing you is a risk anywhere with law enforcement. Or without it, for that matter. Taxes aren't the root cause of it.
- Semiapies 16y agoWhere did he say it was the "root cause" and not a consequence of not paying taxes versus not paying a voluntary fee?
- GiraffeNecktie 16y agoWhat happens if I don't pay my taxes? Lots of annoying letters and then, eventually, maybe a court order plus fines etc. They don't demand money at gunpoint. And they'll still send the firetrucks if my house is on fire. We're a little more civilized than that. One of the reasons for universal fire service is to avoid the harm that comes when people try to do it on their own. You don't want random people - the homeowners, their kids or passersby - jumping in to fight a fire without the proper training, backup, and equipment.
- gaius 16y agoWell, for brevity's sake I missed out the bit where you ignored the court order etc :-)
- Semiapies 16y agoTry not paying the IRS a couple of years. Refuse to work with them when they try to work out a payment schedule with you. Don't pay any fines. Then, let us know how that goes, if they don't filter this site from federal prison. :)
- cullenking 16y agoI promise that if you don't pay your taxes and refuse any additional fines, people with guns will knock on your door.
- jules 16y agoUm, no. They will take your stuff and sell it. If you then try to use said stuff, men with guns may come for using someone else's stuff.
- GiraffeNecktie 16y agoMaybe where you live.
- Semiapies 16y agoWhere outside the US do you live?
- tomjen3 16y agoHint: the people who will arrive with the guns are police or possibly people who works for the IRS/your tax authorities.
- maxawaytoolong 16y agoNobody arrives with guns. That only happens when you are wanted for other crimes and the Feds are combining those charges with tax evasion. Tax evasion is also a different charge than simply being delinquent with your taxes.
- mahmud 16y agoAbsolutely. Since the fire departments there lost popular support, the time is ripe for the community to organize and make their own independent FD; pool money, buy a used truck and train the jobless in fire fighting. In fact, make firefighting and emergency medical care a compulsory subject for high school seniors. Make the place into a self-sustaining kibbutz.