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Pledge “stopwithholding”

"I will stop witholding taxes from my employees' paychecks but only if 5,000 other people in America will do the same."

— Ian Bernard, the host of Free Talk Live (contact)

Deadline to sign up by: 15th April 2011
10 people signed up, 4990 more were needed

Country: United States

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Government is out of control and freedoms are being crushed. Have courage. Liberty is not lost and big government can be stopped. Why continue feeding the very system that binds you, your friends, and your family?

It's time for business owners to take the lead in the Second American Revolution. Many of your employees look up to you. Consider setting a good example and stop witholding taxes from their paychecks. Most of them aren't aware of how much they are taxed. They will love you for the raise, and then they will have to decide for themselves to pay or not.

Perhaps you've always dreamt about having the courage to stop withholding. I hope this pledge will assist you to find the strength you still have.

Isn't freedom worth fighting for? Join the nonviolent revolution and set your employees free from the oppressive income and social security taxes!

Will you make a stand for Liberty and refuse to withhold? Or will you keep sending in money and filling out paperwork like a "good little citizen"?

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  • Brilliant idea! However, I'm not convinced this will work. 5,000 people is less than 1% of the population. Considering they jail many times that amount for victimless crimes (drugs, for example), it will be too easy for them to jail us for witholding taxes. Then, the government will just REQUIRE businesses to withhold our money. I support you 100%, I just can't join you knowing that the government has us by the balls.
    Steven Detweiler, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • 5000 people is WAY too few. There are 300 million people in the US. This 5,000 will easily be written off as kooks. IMHO, We'd need at least a million people to have any real effect.
    Christopher Schleyer, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • I never started withholding taxes from my employees, and I never will.
    Mike Ruff, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • Not withholding is NOT illegal.
    Withholding originated as an optional method to pay taxes sooner to help during wartime.

    It isn't and never was a mandatory method of taxation. Employers, you really have nothing to lose here. If you decide to not withhold, all it does is leave your employees responsible for that extra money during regular tax time. Whether they decide to pay or not pay their taxes has nothing to do with you.
    Gabo, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • Not paying taxes, PERIOD, is NOT illegal, whether it is employers not taking taxes from employees' paychecks, or the people not taking taxes to pay the government. There is NO law requiring most individuals to file and pay; no statutes nor regulations, end of story. Read my post, titled "The 861 evidence" to erase any doubt. Click
    http://afreesociety.blogspot.com/2006/03...
    Thomas Bell, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • other people in america? does that include people located in the america continent?? is america a country???
    melissa, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • If the last question refers to my blog, America means the country (i.e., United States of AMERICA, not Canada, Mexico, nor any other country). My whole point is to look deeper into the US law (US Constitution, US Statutes, US Regulations; US law) that the US government don't want you to know (just trust us; we're from the government, and we're here to help). If you live in another country, it excludes you.
    Thomas Bell, 5 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • Great pledge! I'd encourage you to use the tools found in the yellow box on your pledge page to promote your pledge using flyers, MySpace, and blogs. PledgeBank also just launched a Facebook application (found at http://apps.facebook.com/pledgebank/); you can use that to invite friends to sign your pledge.

    Good luck!
    Heather, 4 years ago. Abusive? Report it!

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Ian Bernard, the Pledge Creator, joined by:

  • Kat Dillon
  • Thomas Bell
  • Nick Shorts
  • Sharif Naas
  • Nathaniel Dube
  • Mike Ruff
  • Michael Christenson II
  • PETER WARREN
  • Corinna Cooper
  • 1 person who did not want to give their name

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