by frankiespeakin 117 Replies latest jw friends
Please think before you make/post stupid statements.
Snakes,
Please do not assume to know what I have and have not thought about mmmkay?
I have and will continue to make sacrifices for the things I believe in. Freedom from the watchtower was not cheap for me. Alas I accepted the sacrifice for that freedom. Have you?
The only legal way to avoid income taxes is to not have any income.
Other than that, unless you are willing to individually have an "all cash" existance, you will get caught.
Telling your employer that you have 20 dependents, will only get you in trouble. So, you can't get away with it if you have a "job." If you are self-employed you have many more options to deduct expenses. However, you better have receipts to back up your expenses.
If you just fail to submit a tax return, the IRS will find you. Unless, you have no bank accounts and pay cash for everything. That is a tough existance.
The IRS takes tax avoidance very serously .
IP_SEC
I have made sacrifices for things it is possible to sacrifice for. And maybe one day I will cut all ties to the WT. Please understand that I do not only think about myself and my own feelings. I also take into consideration the feelings of my mother who is a dub and my closest JW friends. I can fade and not force them to make a decision regarding our relationship. It is not fair that the Borg forces us into these no-win situations. I am making the sacrifice of TOTAL freedom to take into consideration of their feelings. THAT is what loyalty to friends is about. One day, if they and I all get out, they will remember that.
On the original topic... If you want to do the whole "avoid the government thing for yourself", knock yourself out. As I said, I will defend to the death the right to say such things...even if I think they are stupid or pointless. HOWEVER, IMO only, I do not think it fair to push this off on to your future offspring. Let them decide if they want to jump off the government bandwagon when they can make a rational decision on it as an adult. What you do to them has long lasting consequences....and that is what I meant by stupid.
Thankfully, this is all hypothetical, right? You have no offspring. I hope by the time you do, you will have grown up and thought this through more thoroughly.
Nuf said. Peace out.
SnakesInTheTower (of the "defending your right to think and say what you want" Sheep Class)
I can really feel the love.
John Doe,
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that ex-jw's aw well as jw's attract a much larger percentage of nutters than the the regular population?
Did you check your avatar before making this statement?
Yes, I have frequently intoned, XJW's, at least those that post on-line, are among the most dysfunctional groups one can experience on the Internet. Not terribly surprising of course and there are of course exceptions. Are you one, because I certainly am - an exception, that is. ;) HS
Did you check your avatar before making this statement?
nvr..
I can really feel the love.
I hope my post(s) to IP_SEC did not convey the harshness we experienced and/or gave as dubs. Maybe "Stupid" was a harsh word. If so, I am sorry. It was not intended as a personal attack, just an attack on potentially not well thought out ideas.
I stand by my point to IP_SEC: by making such statements (and if they really carry out their intent) they are not thinking about the future of someone other than themselves strictly to try to "make a point"...and such offspring are completely helpless to do anything about it until they are adults and can change...
hmmm.... come to think about it...isnt that what Witless parents do to their minor kids? Force this crap on them and they cant do anything about it until they are adults and can move out? And there are consequences to forcing the Borg on them in their future lives? Thats what my parents did to me...forced this on me...and if I had gotten married to the JW girl, that is what we would have done to her daughter (and she is still doing to her daughter)...until I found this....and then how hard would it be to get the girl's mother to dump the religion? I shudder. Unlikely she would leave the dubs. Both are completely trapped. I am still partially trapped. But at least I am thinking for myself now...but not without consequences.
Am I wrong on making this comparison to what IP_SEC is proposing they are going to do? Anyone?
SnakesInTheTower (of the "thought I was done with this thread" Sheep Class)
What's with the obsession with avatars? Fine, I'll change it. ;-)
they are not thinking about the future of someone other than themselves strictly to try to "make a point"...and such offspring are completely helpless to do anything about it until they are adults and can change...
That is where we differ snakes. It is all about their future, not about making a point. If my son felt the sacrifice wasnt worth it to him, he would be free to change it when he grew up.
The gov is a broad-spectrum BULLY. Standing up to the bully in the traditional way is not working. Im not one to throw my hands in the air and say "OH WELL..."
What's with the obsession with avatars? Fine, I'll change it. ;-)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
