Two Proposals to Stop the Government Looting
By Edward Hudgins

April 18, 2016 -- Denouncing the government for taxing us into servitude is necessary and right, but it doesn’t actually stop government looting. So how do we rouse a complacent public to rise up and stop the despoilers?

1: Make Election Season Tax Season

First, move Tax Day from April 15 to November 1 so it will never be more than a week from a national election.

Have you ever noticed how Tax Day is almost exactly equal distance after the last November 1st and before the next one? Perhaps it’s not an accident. Half a year leaves enough time to forget our anger at the past election and it’s far enough from the coming one that other issues will obliterate our memories of the anger at Tax Day. So connect the two tightly. Just when everyone is most ticked off at taxes they can enter the polling booth and take it out on their oppressors.

But, you protest, too many folks will think, “I’m happy ‘cause I’m getting a refund!” not appreciating that the government took dollars and have them back dimes. So what do we do about this?

2: End Tax Withholding

Second, get rid of tax withholding and have everybody write out checks to the government on November 1st Tax Day. So if someone has a $40,000 salary, they will receive the full $40,000 over the year. Then on Tax Day they will have to sit down and write out checks for federal taxes, state taxes, Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance and anything else the government demands.

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