Legal Methods of Tax Avoidance as Protest?

First off,I don't believe or support the war in Iraq (never did, never will), and now my state legislature is looking at using some taxpayer money ($2 million in a state with population under 1 million) to fund what has previously been a private crusade. The "Not Even Once" line of shock-and-scare tactics to keep kids off drugs adverts have previously been funded by a private entity, and now we're being FORCED to provide monies for it--again, a policy I don't believe in (scare tactics, from the research I've seen, don't work anyway).





So my question is this--are there legal ways I can voice my opposition to these policies by removing my unwilling funding of them?

Legal Methods of Tax Avoidance as Protest?
In short, you can't dictate HOW the government spends tax receipts. If you could, 80% of the government budget would be spent making sure MY taxes didn't pay for programs I don't like and YOUR taxes didn't pay for programs you don't like. Then we would ALL protest the agency in charge of that.
Reply:The Constitution grants the government the right to tax us. If you don't like it, move. We have representation in the form of state representatives. If you do not like how we are taxed or what for, I would suggest speaking to them about it.
Reply:If you refuse to support our government, you should not be living here. This isn't Santa lala land!
Reply:NO. The governments have draconian laws about not paying taxes.


Your thinking is correct that the taxes are being used for very bad purposes.


The only way to avoid paying taxes to the war mongering government and anti-drug goons is to changes states and countries and pay taxes in the new place.
Reply:No. The taxing authorities have an adequate number of ways to get you, and they will do so. As for Iraq, if the US were to pull out, letting al Qaeda set up shop there as they did in Afghanistan, and construct a nuclear device from the Iraqi WMD materials (which are now in Syria) and set it off in an American city, I wonder if you would have second thoughts about the American involvement in Iraq.
Reply:No. The states and the Feds frown on the theory you pay taxes for the things you approve of.
Reply:No. The government has been granted the right to levy and collect taxes and to use the revenue as authorized. You are limited to voicing your opposition to your elected officials, voting against such officials, or pursuing a political career yourself. The only thing you will accomplish by cutting off funds, is jail time, penalties, and interest above what they will eventually collect in back taxes.
Reply:Legally - No. You are not being forced to provide monies, it is part of your tax responsibility. If you don't like it you can always move to another state, or you can run for office and try to change it. How much $$'s are you really complaining about here - sounds to me like $2-3. Not much based on the total taxes paid when you think about it. There are many other things to be concerned with other than $2-3 per year.
Reply:Renounce your citizenship and move out of the country! If you can't create the change you want through political means and you aren't happy, then it's time to get out!

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