Democrats Plot a Tax Revolt Over Trump

Back in December, a writer for Time.com wrote that the 65 million people who voted for Hillary Clinton shouldn't pay their federal income tax until the country drops the electoral college, in favor of a system based on the popular vote alone.  Apparently, some think the idea is a good one, but not just for the electoral college issue.  Some people believe they should give their tax money to Planned Parenthood.  Others say don't pay taxes as a rejection of Trump's border wall.  Then, there are those willing to be potential tax evaders over the repeal of ObamaCare.  What about free college?  Gun control? Or, any other liberal agenda item one can think of?

The trouble is that a good amount of the taxes being collected go to the social programs that liberals love.  Payroll and self-employment tax helps fund Medicare and Social Security.  Other taxes help those with low incomes and support such housing programs and ObamaPhones.  Then, there's Head Start, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and the list goes on.

It is simply idiotic for a bunch of liberals who voted for Hillary, along with a lot of those social programs, to not pay taxes as a way to show support for the same programs.  By the way.  They may  also want to think about when the IRS slaps a 25% penalty on their outstanding debt. Or goes after their wages, bank accounts, or property.  Of course, there is always possible jail time. The IRS has ten years in which to collect from the date not paid.  That will be well past the time Trump could still be in office.

Hillary lost. Get over it.  No amount of laying on the floor, kicking and screaming will change that.  Not paying taxes won't change it either.

References:

Time: 65 Million Americans Should Threaten to Not Pay Taxes: http://time.com/4590994/popular-vote-tax-pledge/

We will not pay: the Americans withholding their taxes to fight Trump: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/tax-refusing-pay-protest-trump

 The Consequences of Unpaid Taxes: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/15/tax-refusing-pay-protest-trump

The Joke That Just Keeps On Going

Amid all the exposed unpaid taxes by Obama nominees, a Republican once quipped: "Democrats don't mind raising taxes because they don't pay them..." That little joke is starting to look more and more true as one Obama nominee after another gets caught with their pants around their ankles and their tax evasion clearly being exposed. Is this the "transparency" that Obama keeps repeating every time he's in front of the cameras and microphones?

First, it was the the new, proposed head of the Treasury and (chuckle) the IRS, Tim Geithner. Then, it was his new head of Health and Human Services and the former Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate, Tom Daschle. Now, it appears that Nancy Killefer, a person who was to be Obama's so-called performance czar and a person who tried to work to "improve" the IRS (See Full Story), has had to withdraw her nonimation (See Full Story) because of her unpaid taxes.

And, let's not forget that the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and the person who works to decide how Congress will pay for it's spending bills through tax law changes, Charlie Rangel. He is still being investigated for his years of unpaid taxes. While Rangel isn't directly part of the Obama team, he is another Democrat with a big tax problem.

Like all the good jokes, there is always a little truth in each one of them to get a good laugh. With this joke, the truth just keeps getting stronger. If this keeps up, we might be able to pay for the Democrat's $900 billion stimulus package by just collecting the unpaid taxes from Obama's nominees and other Democratic members of Congress.