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Bluzmann57

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7. What if everybody just refused to file taxes?

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 12:16 PM

Jul 2012

They take taxes out on pay checks, isn't that enough? If romney makes it, I may never file taxes again. I mean if it works for him...Oh wait, I'm at the lower end of the wage spectrum, I can never get away with something like that.

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If Romney is successful in November without releasing tax returns... [View all] WCGreen Jul 2012 OP

I agree 100%. I sense that folks don't realize how critical this is. RagAss Jul 2012 #1

At the very least, we would be back square in the Gilded Age.. WCGreen Jul 2012 #2

I can't believe the Rmoney campaign thinks this will work. They surely had TwilightGardener Jul 2012 #3

It worked when he was elected Mass. governor. Avalux Jul 2012 #5

I agree. Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #4

I don't see him getting away with it... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #6

I'm not saying that he will.. WCGreen Jul 2012 #8

What if everybody just refused to file taxes? Bluzmann57 Jul 2012 #7

In 2004 Bush "got away with" having started a war based on lies, resulting in hundreds of thousands Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #9

Which is why it is more likely to set a precedent.... WCGreen Jul 2012 #10