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Matt Collins
06-22-2010, 10:18 AM
Wouldn't it be great to flip the government the bird and declare yourself exempt from income taxes? That's exactly what a Canadian man tried to do. David Kevin Lindsay—who in 1996 declared himself not a person, as defined by the law—recently lost a lengthy court battle (http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100618/bc_legal_person_case_100618/20100618?hub=BritishColumbiaHome) over his failure to pay income tax.

Read the full article here: http://reason.com/blog/2010/06/21/man-declares-himself-not-a-per


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TheBlackPeterSchiff
06-22-2010, 10:19 AM
It'll never work. Your trying to beat them with the system they designed.

erowe1
06-22-2010, 10:29 AM
Imagine you're a shop owner from whom the Mafia extorts money on a regular basis.

Now imagine that one day a couple of Mafia thugs come into your shop to tell you it's time to pay your "tax" so that they can keep "protecting" you.

And imagine you reply to them, "Actually, I'm not a person, so I don't have to pay you any more."

Then imagine how they might reply to that claim.

It's the same thing with the government.