Saturday, April 12, 2008

Are you conflicted? Tax time again

I'm not in agreement with this war, I'm not in agreement with murdering, injuring, maiming, looting, raping, pillaging or anything else you want to call what this gvernment is doing to the people and countries in the middle east.

I'm not in agreement with what the costs of this war is doing to this country, cutting health care, cutting vital educational programs, the loss of jobs, or the rising cost of oil.

So if I pay my federal income taxes, am I supporting the war? Am I saying OK to pre-emptive war/agression? Am I being part of those that turn their heads and pretend not to see hundreds of thousands of people being killed, maimed, displaced, homeless, without the necessities of life?

I am one of those americans that is in the middle income bracket, I don't qualify for the tax breaks of the rich, I don't qualify for the low income programs (although with the rising cost of living I soon could be!) I have paid my way for years, barely making ends meet, but meeting them with very little extra. With the ends getting further and further apart.

So now the federal government wants me to give them more of my hard earned money.

If memory serves, our ancestors came to this country to escape unjust tax. . . . we are to the point now that everything that we do is taxed, over and over again, even after we die!

So I say again, (after a bit of a rant!) am I a hypocrite if I pay this tax to support the war. If I don't pay, am I willing to suffer the consequences inflicted by and the oppression levied by the IRS?

The "free" citizens of this country should not be forced to decide if they want to be part of committing murder by joining in the financing of this war.

Well I have a few more days to make this decision.

1 comment:

Colin said...

Thanks for sharing this--
I've been a war-tax resister since 2003--though primarily by making less than the taxable amount. Peace, Colin

The Hidden Enemy

Healing

Healing
Healing

Corruption

Corruption
Corruption in the Senate

Compassion

Compassion
Compassion

Raise the Minimum Wage

Raise the Minimum Wage

Capitolism

Capitolism

Hypocrits

Hypocrits

My New Book About Sudan

Ceasar's Messiah Movie Trailer

The Dark Side of Coffee Trade

Miko Peled "The General's Son" Exposes Israeli Lies

Are these Your Heros?

Are these Your Heros?

National shame

National shame

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Stephen Fry on Catholisism

Juanita Ayson on Accupuncture

Interview with Congressman Filner

Free Trade Enslaves Us All

Blog Archive

Farouk Al Nasser

Farouk Al Nasser
Farouk Al Nasser at NCCPJ

Victor Calle

Victor Calle
At NCCP April 2008

Gore Vidal and Floyd Morrow

Gore Vidal and Floyd Morrow
April Fundraiser in San Diego

Tanja and Cindy Sheehan

Tanja and Cindy Sheehan
Fund raiser for Cindy April 2008

CITN

CITN
The Citizens' Internet Television Network

CITRad

CITRad
The Citizens' Internet Radio Network

Save America

Save America
Save America

Fighting

Fighting
Fighting

Believe

Believe
Believe

We Are All One

We Are All One
We Are All One

Secular Humanism

Secular Humanism
Secular Humanism

Change the System

Change the System
Change the System

A Lie Does Not Become the Truth

A Lie Does Not Become the Truth
A lie does not become the truth

Coexist

Coexist
Coexist

Bankers

Bankers
Bankers

Fetus Rights

Fetus Rights
Fetus Rights

The Earth Was Created

The Earth Was Created
The Earth Was Created

Lessons

Lessons
Lessons