Throughout history, people who have gathered together in groups or nations had agreements as to how everyone would act and the responsibilities of each person or citizen. Some of the agreements were enforced by rulers like Hitler and Stalin. Other agreements were enforced by the people themselves, either directly or through selected representatives.
Vince Lombardi, the great football coach, said it well: “Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
In the U.S. we have made a number of agreements that enable society to function. We have agreed:
- We stop at red lights and drive when the light turns green;
- We demand that the FAA control the operation of airplanes at airports;
- We demand that government perform a wide range of activities;
- We agree to pay taxes and fees to government;
- We agree to accept payment in U.S. dollars;
- We agree to laws regulating the enforcement of contracts;
- We agree to laws against behavior that is harmful to people and demand offenders be punished.
Income/Payroll Tax Evasion and the Tipping Point
Most of the $9 trillion of evasion, as shown in Dr. Cebula’s study, is not just because people make mistakes. It is because people decided that it was OK to violate the law. It was a willful act and, regardless of how it was rationalized, it is no less a criminal act than those committed by:
- The welfare recipient lying about the number of children in the household to get more money;
- The psychiatrist who overbills Medicare and Medicaid;
- The gangs that steal shipments from the airport and the merchants who resell them;
- The people who steal cars;
- The people who sell illegal drugs;
- The people who violate the immigration laws;
- The people who break into houses and steal the contents.
If people see their friends keeping more of their money that they can use to have a better car or take better trips by evading the income/payroll taxes and not suffer any consequences, how long before these people decide it is OK to evade their taxes? How long before the $9 trillion of evasion grows to $12 trillion or more? When do the rest of us decide we are just fools for paying taxes?
Conclusion
This is the real problem with the income/payroll tax system. The only way to even slow down the evasion is to create a country where we all fear the IRS. This is a terrible result.
It is worse because it is so unnecessary. There is an alternative that will dramatically lower criminal evasion of taxes and eliminate all the of the “benefits” for one group of taxpayers over another. This is the FAIRtax.
Will and Ariel Durant wrote wonderful books about the great civilizations in history. Ariel Durant said that after all of their research they concluded, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”
PASS THE FAIRTAX!
WHAT CAN EACH OF US DO
Call up the local or D.C. office of the House Member and two Senators and you can use the following script:
- I am sure that Representative ____ or Senator ____ is in favor of everyone obeying the income tax laws.
- After they assure you that their boss is not in favor of anyone breaking the law, ask if they are aware of the Cebula study showing $9 trillion of evaded income/payroll taxes over the next ten years.
- Since most will say they don’t believe their boss has seen the study, either drop off a copy or get an email address and send a copy to them for their boss.
- Say you are going to call back in a week and ask what the Representative or Senator is going to do to stop this evasion.
- In a week, call back and ask specifically what the Representative or Senator is going to do to enforce the law.
- They probably will say their boss believes that simplifying the income tax will handle the problem.
- Explain that when people evade income taxes, they are also evading the 15.3% payroll/Medicare tax and state income tax. So it is unlikely that they are going to pay 30% or 40% when they were paying 0% because they have already decided it is okay to cheat.
- Say that the only way to reduce evasion is to increase by tens or hundreds of thousands the number of comprehensive IRS audits done each year.
- Point out that Evaders do not self-identify by putting an “E” on their income tax return.
- 80% of the people likely to be audited are trying to comply, but they will be forced to endure these IRS audits as well.
- Ask if the Member is in favor of this?
- If they say no, then ask again how the Member proposes to stop people breaking the income tax laws.
- Then explain that the way to handle evasion without unleashing the IRS audits is the FAIRtax.
HELP BRING ABOUT REAL TAX REFORM AND STOP FUTURE IRS ABUSES
Because of the varied attacks on the Ryan/Brady income tax plan, the White House has announced that they need to start over to determine the best tax plan to propose.
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