The Great Tax Mirage: When Half-Truths Dress Up as Freedom
“The government calls it revenue. The citizen calls it what’s left of his paycheck but if you don’t pay it you could have free room and board”–YNOT! Every year around tax time, somebody rediscovers an old American temptation. It usually arrives wearing a suit, carrying a stack of documents, and speaking with the confidence of a man who sounds as if he has seen behind the curtain. He tells the weary taxpayer what every overworked citizen wants to hear: that the whole thing is a fraud, that the income tax is not really mandatory, that the government has been … Continue readingThe Great Tax Mirage: When Half-Truths Dress Up as Freedom
