Applied Anarchy: Why Taxes Are Theft
Posted on April 13, 2008 - Filed Under Applied Anarchy, Taxes | Leave a Comment
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It was recently brought to my attention that though I frequently refer to taxes being “stolen money” and being collected “at the point of a gun” I’ve never really explained that reality. My assumption was that this was as self-evident to others as it has always been to myself, but apparently it’s not so self-evident after all. So here you go…
If I approach you on…
Research Into The Amount Of Tea Tax Inspiring Boston Tea Party
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Boston Tea Party, Taxes | 7 Comments
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On Saturday I posted a first hand account of the Boston Tea Party written by George Hewes, an impoverished colonial cobbler and member of the Sons of Liberty. In that article I stated that it was a 3% tax on tea that inspired the famous Boston Tea Party. 
Sara left the following comment-
Aahz, I totally agree on the apathy of citizens about paying INTOLERABLE taxes….In my younger days,…
Another Hidden Tobacco Tax - Surety Bonds
Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under Taxes | Leave a Comment
As a long time smoker, the issue of tobacco taxes has always been of interest to me. I’ve written here before about how I avoid all tobacco taxes and save huge amounts of money as a result. However, I just today learned about another hidden tax on tobacco that we seldom hear about: Cigarette Tax Bonds.
According to JW Bond Consultants, a family owned surety bond company: “Cigarette Tax Bonds are required to guarantee taxes are paid from a seller of tobacco to…
Sales Tax and Couponing For Cash
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Earning Offline, Living Free, Shopping, Taxes | Leave a Comment
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One of the most insidious thefts of our labor is the sales tax. We go to work everyday to earn a living to support our families and the government straight up steals 30% (or more) of our labor through income taxes. Then, whenever we take what’s left and try to buy the goods we need for our families they tack on a sales tax (in most…
Applied Anarchy - Minimizing Your Income Tax Burden
Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Applied Anarchy, Living Free, Taxes | 1 Comment
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A lot of anarchists and (libertarians) are not yet willing to take the big step of ignoring the income tax altogether. But they’d still like to keep control of as much as their money as possible as long as possible. Self-employment (even as a consultant or independent contractor) is always the best bet for doing this, but many of us are stuck being wage slaves for…
“Be Thankful I Don’t Take It All”
Posted on August 28, 2007 - Filed Under Taxes | Leave a Comment
As usual, The Beatles said it best-
Let me tell you how it will be
There’s one for you, nin’teen for me
Cause I’m the tax man
Yea I’m the tax man
Apparently not satisfied with simply stealing the people’s money and giving it to the government, a French tax official created a phantom identity as a professor to bilk the government out $820,000 over 15 years as well.? Details on whether or not he actually paid the taxes on the professor’s $55,000 annual salary…
