The IRS definition of the word voluntary is slightly different from the dictionary definition.

Right on Anonymous menifee. When you sign your name on the 1040 confession sheet, you have now become a witness against yourself should you be taken to court.

In order to promote their nefarious schemes, governments rely on the ignorance of the people. A good rule to follow is to never believe anything the government tells you and that they rarely, if ever, have your best interests at heart.

Both dems and repubs must share the blame for the mess we're in. Plus the ignorant voters that reelect them.

The last two sentences aren't bad either.

The key phrase is ,"And this is the tendency of all human governments".

Hey guys, cut Waffler some slack. We need him for comic relief.

It had to happen , utamink used that old ,worn out phrase, "pay their fair share". Don't you just love that term. Paying "Your fair Share" has absolutely no meaning except to be a catch phrase for liberals. They use it when they are hoping to convince the boobs that we need to "Soak the rich". This crazy idea appeals to nitwits like Waffler, Dick, Reston and utamink.

The 1040 form should rightly be called "The Confession Sheet". An interesting book,out of print but available on Amazon, is "The Income Tax, Root of All Evil".

Anonymous are you nuts. Our schools are not underfunded. More money is spent per student in the USA than any other country on earth. Watch "The Cartel" and see why we have such a low level of education in this country.

Speaking of education, watch the documentary, "The Cartel" available on Netflix and other sites. It's about how the teachers unions have strangled education in New Jersey. Watch the woman president of the teachers union tap dance around questions as to why New Jersey spends more than any state on schools and has the worst schools in the country. See how it is nearly impossible to fire a totally incompetent teacher. It's a fascinating story.

I wish they had left that "General Welfare" part out. Liberals have used it as an excuse for all of this welfare that has put us all in debt.

Eloise, since you live in the tree hugger capital of the world, we need to cut you some slack. FDR's policies to get us out of the depression only made matters worse. Then along came the bombing of Pearl Harbor and everyone went to work making planes, bombs, vehicles, guns, and all sorts of items to fight the war. This pulled FDR's chestnuts out of the fire and everyone forgot all about the depression and got behind the war effort. And get a laugh out of this, when FDR ran against Hoover, he said that Hoover was a big spender and this had to stop. LoL.

T.C. Andrews Jr., summed it up. The country has headed downhill ever since 1913 when we got the 16th amendment and the Fed. It got a major downhill boost by FDR's New Deal.

Two George Orwell quotes: "In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia". " Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give and appearance of solidity to pure wind".

Waffler, please borrow a dictionary and look up "subsidies". If you can't look it up, get someone to help you and read it to you.

Warren, a small bumper sticker at that.

It's a real shame that Jefferson didn't have Reston around to advise him. Reston and Waffler are SO much smarter than Mr. Jefferson.

Reston and Waffler, don't be late to the Party meeting on Friday, those commies get cranky when you miss a session.

Great comment, J Carlton.

Right, J Carlton.

"Government is a disease masquerading as it's own cure". L. Neal Smith.

A perfect description of government. There is no such thing as "good government", just some less abusive and oppressive than others. Like comparing a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison.

I was a longtime fundamentalist until I woke up.

Lanya Jan Wilson, what on earth does the term 'God's Holy Word" even mean. That God somehow wrote or dictated the Bible ? If he did , then someone should have told him or the various writers that the world is round . The Bible was written by a lot of primitive people who thought that epilepsy was demon possession . You say it's historical accuracy is being confirmed daily, then you must be reading different scientists than I read. Check out Neal Degrasee Tyson on YouTube and you may get another idea. I doubt that you will since Bible thumpers like you are more interested in believing than questioning or thinking.