Brother Bruce, you write: Dear sister, this thread is NOT about "evading taxes" or "diddling on ones taxes". It is all about obeying the Lord Jesus' commands to pay the taxes for which one is liable, taxes which are demanded.
jt: In the USA this is what is called 'Income Tax' which law Congress initially enacted in 1862 to support the Civil War effort; this was a forerunner of our modern income tax. bw: It is also about refusing to voluntarily contribute to programs which one does not desire to bear the moral responsibility for. No one bears moral responsibility for the wicked use of tax revenue which is demanded of them. But when one voluntarily contributes to programs which one knows are wicked, one cannot escape the moral accountability before God for the wicked use of funds which one volunteers to contribute to such wickedness. jt: There is nothing 'voluntary' about income tax. It is withheld at the source and without a Social Security # it is all but impossible to get hired in this country that is, unless you can find someone doing things 'under the table'; people here get in trouble for having yard sales without a permit. bw: I pay every tax for which I am liable and which is demanded of me. But I refuse to contribute to Income tax because it is a voluntary tax for which I am not liable. There is not a single statement in our Canadian Income Tax Act nor in your U.S. tax laws which makes any person liable to pay income tax! jt: I don't know about Canada but in the US the Act of 1862 also established the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Commissioner was given the power to assess, levy, and collect taxes, and the right to enforce the tax laws through seizure of property and income and through prosecution. His powers and authority remain very much the same today; where are you getting your information from Bruce? bw: Many programs and services have been designed specificly to entice people into paying (social security, Income Tax refunds, employment insurance, welfare programs etc etc.) I do not claim any of these "benfits", nor do I have any of the required identification numbers. That is another falsehood which has been foisted on and believed by the general public...i.e. "Everyone that works must have a Social Insurance (Social Security) number." It just ain't so! jt: It is so here... I guess one could go hide in a cave somewhere for the rest of their days but if you are going to live and work in the U.S.A. Income tax being withheld and Social Security are a given for this is the law of the land and the IRS are quite diligent. They caught up with a friend of mine for not paying her FICA (in ignorance). bw: If you will do your own research, you will find all these things and many more to be the truth! jt: I've done my research Bruce and still don't see anything voluntary about it. Also it makes no rational sense to me because if we receive the advantages of living in a somewhat safe and free environment then we need to share the cost of keeping it that way by building national highways, Policing them, upkeep of our National Parks, Coast Guard, and National Defense. There are no free lunches out there - someone has to pay. Grace and Peace, Judy ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
