The new president has driven some to make a statement with their bank accounts – despite fears such a protest could send demonstrators to jail
Andrew Newman always pays his taxes, even if he hates what the government is doing with them. But not this year. For him, Donald Trumpis the dealbreaker. He’ll pay his city and state taxes but will refuse to pay federal income tax as a cry of civil disobedience against the president and his new administration.
Newman is not alone. A nascent movement has been detected to revive the popularity of tax resistance – last seen en masse in America during the Vietnam war but which has been, sporadically, a tradition in the US and beyond going back many centuries.
“My tax money will be going towards putting up a wall on the Mexican border instead of helping sick people. It will contribute to the destruction of the environment and maybe more nuclear weapons. I think there will be a redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy elite and Trump’s campaign for the working man and woman was an absolute fraud. If you pay taxes you are implicated in the system,” said Newman, an associate professor of English and history at Stony Brook University on Long Island, part of the State University of New York.
“The government wants our money and if a lot of people were thinking about this kind of peaceful protest, it would get their attention,” he added.
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20 comments:
Pfft.
Go ahead and withhold your federal tax payment. The IRS will be sending you a letter, then a subpoena. This time it won't be targeting, just doing its job.
build more prisons
"We will not pay"
Yes, you will, plus interest and penalties.
uuuum, yeah, this will work out great for them
i wonder how many actually have jobs and pay taxes
They will simply attach your wages with interest, you are free to sue, good luck, lol.
Pure stupidity
And just what are you protesting? The fact that your candidate lost? The immigration ban against 7 countries that are known hotbeds of terrorists? You mention the wall but you realize we already have one, right? OK, it sucks in a lot of places but it's there.
some view from that ivory tower - where does he think his pay comes from?
So when a guy comes in and wants to lower your tax burden you protest by not paying your taxes ? I swear there is something mentally disconnected in this guys head.
Lock them up!
Just like they were all going to Canada if Trump won. Just BS, that's all. No one went to Canada because of Trump's win, and no one will go to jail because they won't pay their taxes. They'll pay, because it's just BS talk, that's all The progressives are just liars about what they say they will do if they don't get their way. On the other hand, Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do as President. How refreshing! Its been a long time since a President has done that, Democrat, or Republican.
Don't mess with the federal government. If you don't pay your federal taxes, they WILL detach your wages and will leave you with just a few dollars from your check. The federal government will prevail and you will look like a damn fool.... grow up !!!
Well now , Trump will start making the cash for higher mexicans pay taxes , let's see how far you get.
let me know how that works out for ya
I did'nt like Obama. Did not know I could with hold paying income taxes. Darn!
Typical delusional liberal.
He believes the Feds will look at his "protest" and wring their hands in despair?
They will change his life.
All the whining, all the gnashing of teeth, all the marches and all the protests, and all the tears and moaning make me SO happy. As long as they are doing that, I know Trump is on the right track!
Fines and penalties, Yea! That's more for Trump to do his job!
Let's see if the IRS does their job and fines them and takes their properties for nonpayment of taxes. If they don't, Trump should get rid of the IRS.
Evidently it works for all those IRS employees who are delinquent on their taxes! Not to mention Al Sharpton.........
These people must not anticipate on needing a loan anytime soon. I guess they won't need one in prison. I don't agree with federal income tax, but it's the law.
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