I thought that the video was very interesting. There may not be a law that directly states you must pay federal taxes, but if you don't pay, it's just a matter of time until they will take it from you, along with interest and penalties. Even more concerning, you might even go to jail if you don't pay up. A pretty tough penalty to pay for something that's not really illegal!
Without taxes, I believe our quality of life would be lessened, so they are a necessary evil. However, I also believe that it probably is, or at least should be, illegal to make it so difficult to compute your taxes that you actually have to hire someone to firgure it out for you. Now that is the real crime and it should be illegal.
Paying taxes should be a very simple process. Everyone... and I mean everyone, should have to pay the same rate, regardless of what they make. Assume that rate is 10%. If you make a million, you pay 100,000.00. If you make 10,000.00, you pay 1,000.00. Forget the write offs and the loop holes. A flat tax would be Clean and simple and the coffers would probably be over flowing.
Without taxes, I believe our quality of life would be lessened, so they are a necessary evil. However, I also believe that it probably is, or at least should be, illegal to make it so difficult to compute your taxes that you actually have to hire someone to firgure it out for you. Now that is the real crime and it should be illegal.
Paying taxes should be a very simple process. Everyone... and I mean everyone, should have to pay the same rate, regardless of what they make. Assume that rate is 10%. If you make a million, you pay 100,000.00. If you make 10,000.00, you pay 1,000.00. Forget the write offs and the loop holes. A flat tax would be Clean and simple and the coffers would probably be over flowing.