Unfortunately, technically we all have our share of guilt in that sin. Our tax money goes to pay for that murder... it makes you sick if you think about it too long.
Not quite right, I'm afraid. You can chose not to pay taxes. The results won't be pretty for you, but you are responsible in your own way.
To clarify, I won't deny that I am, in part, responsible, too, for those reasons - I pay taxes.
The bigger matter here is the weighing out of the greater good. Is it good to get sent to prison and have your basis for doing anything destroyed just to chip away at the tax base, or are you going to do a lot more good in the long run by paying taxes and utilizing your assets to maximize the good you can accomplish?
That said, if we could get 1 million people to protest paying taxes, that'd have more teeth and more value. If we could get TEN million, they'd start having serious problems. 25 million, or 50 million, and they'd be forced to either drop the full forced boot upon the populace (proper gestapo/KGB gulag stuff) or bargain with us. More likely, the latter would happen, as the prior is, in my opinion, (currently) untenable.
All of this requires organization. Don't sit by and watch; act. Coordinate. If we can get 10 million or more people to stop paying taxes until the government meets our demands, we could flat out defeat them right then and there.
Imagine, now, if we got 50 or 70 million to stop paying taxes. It would make this GME stuff look like a toddler's little league game.
Unfortunately, technically we all have our share of guilt in that sin. Our tax money goes to pay for that murder... it makes you sick if you think about it too long.
Not quite right, I'm afraid. You can chose not to pay taxes. The results won't be pretty for you, but you are responsible in your own way.
To clarify, I won't deny that I am, in part, responsible, too, for those reasons - I pay taxes.
The bigger matter here is the weighing out of the greater good. Is it good to get sent to prison and have your basis for doing anything destroyed just to chip away at the tax base, or are you going to do a lot more good in the long run by paying taxes and utilizing your assets to maximize the good you can accomplish?
That said, if we could get 1 million people to protest paying taxes, that'd have more teeth and more value. If we could get TEN million, they'd start having serious problems. 25 million, or 50 million, and they'd be forced to either drop the full forced boot upon the populace (proper gestapo/KGB gulag stuff) or bargain with us. More likely, the latter would happen, as the prior is, in my opinion, (currently) untenable.
All of this requires organization. Don't sit by and watch; act. Coordinate. If we can get 10 million or more people to stop paying taxes until the government meets our demands, we could flat out defeat them right then and there.
Imagine, now, if we got 50 or 70 million to stop paying taxes. It would make this GME stuff look like a toddler's little league game.