So You Don't Like Paying Taxes...

• Don't drive on paved streets or highways.
• Don't call 911.
• Don't flush your toilet.
• Don't bring your garbage to the curb.
• Don't fly in an airplane that uses air-traffic controllers.
• Don't use the court system.
• Don't call the police when you get robbed.
• Don't use the US Post Office, send all your letters via FedEx or UPS.
• Don't ask for a farm subsidy for not growing crops.
• Don't ask for a taxpayer subsidy to do business in a city or state.
• Don't buy a sports franchise and ask the taxpayers to build your stadium.
• Don't send your children to public schools.
• Don't attend a state university.
• Don't expect a social security payment.
• Don't let Medicare pay your bills if you are over 65 or disabled.
• Don't look for a government contract to bolster your defense industry business.
• Don't look for a government.
• Don't run for political office where your salary is paid for by the taxpayers.
• Don't accept government research findings that subsidize research for your industry.
• Don't be an airline and expect the government to bail you out.
• Don't be a car company and expect the government to bail you out.
• Don't be a steel company and expect the government to bail you out.
• Don't be a company that pollutes and expect the taxpayer to bail you out.
• Don't make use of police services.
• Don't be rescued by fire department paramedic team.
• Don't call the fire department.
• Don't expect federal assistance if a natural disaster destroys your home or business.
• Don't expect the military to defend your country.
• Don't visit national parks or hike in national forests.
• Don't eat USDA inspected meat, cheese, eggs or produce.
• Don't take any medications tested and approved by the FDA.
• Don't drink, bath or otherwise use the water from municipal water systems.
• Don't look at or relay a weather report.
• Don't look at a NASA generated picture.
• Don't expect a unit of measure like a gallon of gas to be a full gallon.
• Don't expect an elevator to work correctly or not fall.
• Don't expect a red light to work.
• Don't use the services of a doctor who is licensed through the state.
• Don't expect research into medical problems such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, aging, prostrate, menopause, etc.
• Don't use the public library.
• Don't go to a state university affiliated hospital.
• Don't go to a state university.
• Don't watch state college sports.
• Don't apply for government grants.
• Don't use your state's convention centers.
• Don't go to a state, city or municipal-run airport.
• Don't ask for rural electrification.
• Don't ask for a business loan from the small business administration.
• Don't ask to use the G.I. bill to go to college.
• Don't allow Al Gore to sponsor legislation to turn a military computer network (DARPANet/ARPANet) into the public-accessed "Internet."
• Don't drive a car that benefits from government safety regulations.
• Don't use electricity generated by TVA or some government-owned and maintained dam or facility.
• Don't use currency printed by the US Treasury.
• Don't use a bank or credit union that insures your deposits through the FDIC.
• Don't buy or build a house that requires the efforts of county deed offices or needs building permits and inspections.
• Don't get married, have children or die and expect the government to keep track of all the certificates.
• Don't go to a beach kept clean by the state.
• Don't use public transportation.
• Don't visit public museums.
• Don't go hunting, fishing, or camping on government property.
• Don't cross a bridge.
• Don't use truckstops or public restrooms.
• Don't expect the government to protect the copyright for the works you create.
• Don't move to any other developed nation, because the taxes are higher in all the others, except South Africa.
• Don't expect your tap water to be clean and germ free.
• Don't expect any workplace safety standards, labor laws, or minimum wage.
• Don't use any gasoline, oil, or natural gas that was discovered by the USGS.
• Don't live in New Orleans, Sacramento or any other city protected by a levee.
• Don't expect zoning laws.
• Don't expect clean air, clean water, clean soil, etc.
• Don't expect to OWN anything, like your house, car, etc. (the government keeps track of titles).
• Don't expect anyone to plow your roads when it snows or sweep them when they're dirty.
• Don't expect to eat in restaurants that have been inspected to ensure cleanliness and the safe preparation of food.
• Don't expect your children to be able to ride the bus to school.
• Don't try to adopt a child through your county or state government.
• Don't expect the state or county to pay foster parents to take care of the children left abandoned or orphaned.
• Don't go to your book store and try to find a book by its ISBN number.
• Don't expect the court to appoint a taxpayer-paid attorney to represent you (or your child) when you are accused of a crime.
• Don't call or go to the US Embassy in a foreign country when you get in trouble.
• Don't get a passport or try to get out of the US without a Passport.

Thanks to United for a Fair Economy, and Buzz-Flash.com for this list.

You may wish to visit Buzz-Flash.com:
http://www.buzzflash.com/perspectives/2002/Taxes.html

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