Chris, you challenged me in a chat after one of your previous podcasts and asked me how I know that there would be consequences if I didn’t pay my taxes this year. My answer was that I had been audited three years in a row a long time ago. I know that was not an adequate answer and I’d like to fully answer your question now. For several …
Chris, you challenged me in a chat after one of your previous podcasts and asked me how I know that there would be consequences if I didn’t pay my taxes this year. My answer was that I had been audited three years in a row a long time ago. I know that was not an adequate answer and I’d like to fully answer your question now. For several years I have violated my conscience by filing federal income taxes with this corrupt federal government (like paying the mafia not to burn down my business or hurt my family). This year I told my husband that I can’t do it anymore and I hoped that he would join me in this conviction, even though I knew it would be scary. Although he carries the same viewpoints as I do, his level of fear about the consequences of not filing, are stronger than mine, and since we filed jointly all these years, I did not see a way out. I did at least tell him that I was not going to be the one to file anymore (this had been a responsibility I had covered for our all our married life of 42 years) because I believe it is wrong to do so and I told him that if I were single, I would take a stand and not file at all and if they came after me, I would fight. If we would all overcome our fear, and stand up and do the right thing, they could not control us anymore.
Chris, you challenged me in a chat after one of your previous podcasts and asked me how I know that there would be consequences if I didn’t pay my taxes this year. My answer was that I had been audited three years in a row a long time ago. I know that was not an adequate answer and I’d like to fully answer your question now. For several years I have violated my conscience by filing federal income taxes with this corrupt federal government (like paying the mafia not to burn down my business or hurt my family). This year I told my husband that I can’t do it anymore and I hoped that he would join me in this conviction, even though I knew it would be scary. Although he carries the same viewpoints as I do, his level of fear about the consequences of not filing, are stronger than mine, and since we filed jointly all these years, I did not see a way out. I did at least tell him that I was not going to be the one to file anymore (this had been a responsibility I had covered for our all our married life of 42 years) because I believe it is wrong to do so and I told him that if I were single, I would take a stand and not file at all and if they came after me, I would fight. If we would all overcome our fear, and stand up and do the right thing, they could not control us anymore.
Everyone gets there on their own time, but when we know the direction and the path, we should walk it.
I completely agree.