The IRS is Not Invincible

Looks like the impenetrable wall of the IRS has been pierced – at least a tiny bit. Tommy Cryer, an attorney from Shreveport, Louisiana, was unanimously found not guilty on two counts of failure to file. I’m not sure I fully understand his argument, but I believe he is claiming that the paycheck he receives is not profit and therefore can not be taxed. Cryer said, “What I earned was my own personal labor. I am giving something in exchange. I’m giving my property and I don’t belong to anyone else.”

Although I have no leanings one way or the other on income tax and its legality, the government needs taxes to sustain itself. If these taxes don’t come from income taxes, they’ll come from some other method of taxation.

Found at Consumerist.com

Originally from Shreveport Times