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Michael Swartz's avatar

You missed one aspect of the payment of taxes. Remember, when you work for an employer, the government pays itself first through backup withholding. Then people set themselves up to get a big payment once a year thinking they're gaming the system when in reality they've loaning money interest-free to the government.

Backup withholding was supposed to be a temporary measure to pay for WW2, but we know how "temporary" goes with this government.

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dawnfrench's avatar

if you want to understand the true nature of the income tax and the true purpose of the 16th amendment:

https://dawnfrench.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-truth-about-the-16th

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