One can legally avoid paying income taxes by taking advantage of all manner of deductions and tax shelters to reduce gross adjusted income
below the tax threshold.
If you want to explore this topic further google “tax honesty” and start reading.
It’s a long story to get there, but based on what I’ve read the federal income tax is applied more broadly than is constitutional and is perpetuated more
through obfuscation, intimidation and enforcement apparatus than fact. Does it really make sense that an average employee owes tax for the “privilege” of earning a living? The thing is, if you don’t understand the technicalities, you really don’t stand a chance of winning that battle should you have to fight it.
Here’s another clue: read the inside page of your 1040 form with the statement from the head IRS guy. Does it state that US law such and such requires Joe Citizen to pay income taxes or does it say something idealistic about Americans paying their fair share to ensure a functioning
democracy? If it doesn’t cite a law, why is that so? Why would it not cite a law while insistently scaring the shit out of everyone come tax time?
If you get popped for tax evasion (or whatever), then you have to convince 12 @pdworkin‘s of your argument and get them to return a not guitly vote despite the judges instruction to have them disregard the elements that are most favorable to your case. Good luck with that.