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Of Thongs and Sheet Music – 10 Lamest Taxpayer Arguments of 2011

Of Thongs and Sheet Music – 10 Lamest Taxpayer Arguments of 2011

It’s always interesting to learn something new.  I thought that this protester was totally off the wall claiming tax exemption as a “Moor of Cherokee descent”.  Silly me.  There is actually is such a group of people.  They are descendants of African Americans held as slaves by the Cherokees.  There is a fairly recent controversy about whether members of the group should be considered tribal members.  Here is something on that.  So this guy is no further off the wall than most protesters and sheds some light on a neglected area of American history.  He still has to pay taxes, though.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.