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[–]tubaleiter 294 ポイント295 ポイント

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This may sound harsh, but that's not your money, that's the money your grandfather should have contributed in taxes as an American citizen. That money belongs to the people of the United States, as represented by our Federal government.

[–]arcainic 16 ポイント17 ポイント

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How else would subsidized industries offer their CEO competitive salaries for hookers and blow?

[–]GinDeMint 10 ポイント11 ポイント

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You know that federal spending isn't going to stop because those taxes weren't paid, right? Instead, non-tax cheats end up paying more.

[–]buckus69 17 ポイント18 ポイント

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This is the correct answer.

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    [–]GinDeMint 46 ポイント47 ポイント

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    And those freeways aren't going to build themselves, those Medicare payments aren't making themselves, the National Institutes of Health aren't going to fund their own research...

    Whether you agree with American spending priorities or not, it's certainly not fair for people to underpay on taxes and let you foot more of the bill.

    [–]asull822 -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

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    Oh yeah, people are never gonna build roads without governments.

    [–]GinDeMint 0 ポイント1 ポイント

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    Are they going to make Medicare payments or NIH payments without government?

    [–]asull822 1 ポイント2 ポイント

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    Medicare will eventually collapse. There's a thing called mutual aid societies

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      [–]GinDeMint 31 ポイント32 ポイント

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      Haha you think that taxes are inherently unfair, how cute.

      [–]BoratRemix 4 ポイント5 ポイント

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      oh.. a down with federal government poster... on reddit of all places!?

      [–]goofproofacorn 1 ポイント2 ポイント

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      Lol no. It's his money that the government wants

      [–]dowork91 2 ポイント3 ポイント

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      It's ok. For every person like you, there is at least one person like me who does everything they can to pay the smallest amount of tax possible without going to jail. Such as setting up residence in a different state to offset state and local tax burdens.

      Remember, the best accountants go to work for corporations to help them avoid taxes. The IRS has trouble combating this because they get whoever couldn't cut it to work at a corporation.

      [–]tubaleiter 2 ポイント3 ポイント

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      There's a big difference between minimizing taxes and tax fraud or just not paying the taxes you owe.

      I'm all for minimizing your tax burden within the law, just not for breaking the law, which is what it sounds like OP's grandfather did. Believe me, I'm not going out of my way to pay any more than I have to, either.

      [–]dowork91 -1 ポイント0 ポイント

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      Starve the beast, my friend.