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IPFS News Link • TAXES: Federal

Why Do Libertarians Pay Taxes?

• LewRockwell

These tax trolls usually call themselves "non-taxpayers." They say things like: paying taxes is voluntary, the Sixteenth Amendment was not properly ratified, most Americans aren't required to pay income tax, many Americans have gotten refunds of all the money withheld from their paychecks, and the income tax is a classical liberal tax on federal employments, offices, and privileges. Sometimes they boast that they haven't paid taxes for 10, 15, or 20 years and the IRS hasn't done anything about it.

Let's review the libertarian view of taxes.

The libertarian view of taxes is not that taxes should be fair, adequate, sufficient, constitutional, uniform, flat, simple, efficient, apportioned equally, or low.

The libertarian view of taxes is not that the tax code should help the poor, benefit the middle class, and be business friendly.

The libertarian view of taxes is not that taxes should not be used for social engineering purposes and income redistribution schemes.

The libertarian view of taxes is not that the tax code should not have loopholes so that everyone pays their "fair share."


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