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rights_reminder
1y ago
If anyone cares about combatting government propaganda in the US, do this: Query any search engine for "are US income taxes direct or indirect taxes" Every one will tell you that they are direct taxes. This is false. The supreme c
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rights_reminder
2y ago
99% of Americans are not supposed to be filing a tax return. Unless you paid US source income to it's foreign owner, you should not be either. What gave you the idea that you needed to?
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rights_reminder
2y ago
The point of my comment was that, in the US, the government has to create an elaborate body of law to trick people into thinking the law says something which it does not say. If we did not have limitations on the taxing power of congress, t
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rights_reminder
2y ago
I know these cuts make almost no difference to the massive federal spending, but they are putting a spotlight on our nation's dire financial situation. Most young people have no hope of owning a home or having kids and our federal gove
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rights_reminder
2y ago
I will bring this up every time someone mentions this, but your money is not being taken without consent. You are signing tax forms without knowing what they mean in law and voluntarily (incorrectly) giving it to them. Income taxes are exci
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rights_reminder
2y ago
The point that I was making was that there can be no federal law which requires an institutional review board for private research, which was something the author alluded to in the paragraph after the flow chart: > The government can’t p
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rights_reminder
2y ago
It's hard to take the article seriously since 1) It doesn't even reference the relevant law 2) The relevant law is so simple and clear 42 USC 289(a) states: "The Secretary shall by regulation require that each entity
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rights_reminder
2y ago
Chances are your CPA was not correct. CPAs routinely violate the law as a regular course of duty and the IRS is fine with it, even encourages it, because it gives them more revenue. If you are looking to go down a multi-year rabbit hole on