Individually, Americans do not deserve to be subservient to such a fear-mongering, intimidating and powerful agency as the Internal Revenue Service; but collectively, we do. Let's look at it.
Since the 1791 ratification of our Constitution, until well into the 1920s, federal spending as a percentage of gross domestic product never exceeded 5 percent, except during war. Today federal spending is 25 percent of our GDP. State and local government spending is about 15 percent of the GDP. That means government spends more than 40 cents of each dollar we earn. If we add government's regulatory burden, which is simply a disguised form of taxation, the government take is more than 50 percent of what we produce.
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If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he probably WOULDN'T start another revolution. He'd just take a look around and shoot HIMSELF in the head. We have sunk so far from the ideals of personal liberty AND responsibility that he wouldn't even recognize this nation anymore....
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