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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: income taxes
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 13:43:58 EST
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In fact, I think someone recently went to court claiming that since
the income tax was voluntary, he was choosing not to voluntarily
pay his tax.

The court's reaction was not to look for a loophole in the law, but
to consider what the effects would be on society if they ruled that
income tax was indeed voluntary.  Since it would result in the
government suddenly going broke, they made the guy pay his taxes.