The problem is that not filing only works if you aren't trapped in the system by having a salaried position at a corporation where how much you make is reported to the government. The very fact that corporations pay taxes makes it nearly impossible to escape the tax system from inside a corporation, because the corporations take deductions on salary, so full reporting of salary is in their best interests.
Exactly. They have computer programs that can look through all those in the system for aberrations, Like comparing your companies tax pay ins to the filings by SS numbers etc. If something is out of sync, it pops up in the check this column. Once you have filed, you're in a word, screwed.
exactly, couldnt have said it better myself. this is exactly why so few people fight and win... but legally and constitutionally it is not a requirement
Yeah, I certainly agree that filing is voluntary, but when not filing means sacrificing several hundred dollars it is more expensive to not file than to file. Of course, if one gets into a cash business (or any business) it becomes more possible to ... tickle the numbers...
If one could do all of his transactions in cash, it may work, but more and more, companies are demanding cashless transactions. In the near future, cash will be irrelevant. Once you can no longer trade with cash, it will be worthless and you will have to have a points account and a points card, your employer will add points and you will use them to survive. That will take the illegal drug trade to a standstill. How can someone in Columbia use points? I'm sure some ingenious solution will arrive, but it would certainly slow it down. Hey, I'll give you 20 points for the OZ.
I can see that being a problem, as it would be clear that a person is purchasing more food than is necessary to support their family, so it would create a paper trail that would lead to the "criminals," or people that know who the "criminals" are.
I think that the free market should be based on solid, sound money. Gold is way better than fiat currency because it is a lot harder to manipulate. Man has always thristed for power and what better way to control people than to control money? The American dollar is a symbol of debt not wealth. THe more money you have the more debt you have. Fractional reserve banking creates money out of thin air. There are regulations but its not like the average american even understands how money works in the first place. America is fucking stupid and we are all about to pay one heavy price for our ignorance. How can the FDIC insure peoples saving if the dollar crashes and is no more? Unless you are invested in something like oil or gold you could be ruined. But Gold is going up so goddamned high no one can afford it but the CEO bankster crooks on Wall Street. The kicker is that most people were against the bail out bill and they still took our money. Oh well.
Gold is harder to manipulate, and that's part of the problem. Its value jumps around all over the place on its own, and the government has a harder time keeping the dollar's value stable. Plus, it's vulnerable to the sorts of commodity bubbles that recently hit oil, housing, food prices, etc.
2000 years ago, an ounce of gold would buy you a hell of a lot more than a suit of clothes. Hell, it could probably buy you a house.
Two months ago, my car was worth four ounces of gold. Two weeks ago, it was worth five and a half. Did my car increase in value? That's your own logic, mind you.
LOL now thats funny!