My awakening started about 10 years ago. Long story short, I'm now at the point where I am questioning why I've ever paid income taxes.

I left the corporate world in 2019 and I have my own business as does my spouse. We don't have any employees. Last year we got some crazy notice from the IRS saying we made a mistake and owe them $2800 more dollars. A few friends also got some letters like this. I wrote back and they sent me back a letter saying THEY made a mistake, but we still owe the $2800 and now we owe interest on it?!? I am not joking when the letters they send make NO sense and seem like a bunch of jargon and words smashed together to sound official.

Are the rumors true? Are we NOT required to pay income taxes as citizens? Over 15% of my earnings already go to taxes (property tax and everything else we pay day to day). My spouse and I canceled our health insurance over a year ago because we couldn't afford that AND income taxes. I thought we'd have extra money, but we do not with the rising cost of food and gas and well, you know.

If I don't pay will we go to jail? I've never heard of anyone except celebrities having to do this. I am happy to pay taxes that pay for actual healthcare, children, roads, etc. I have no desire to fund weapons or war. I will fund peace no problem. I donate to causes I believe in when I can.

This may be just a rant, but I am pretty much DONE doing things that don't make any sense. I feel like if enough of us refused to pay taxes on our income it could accelerate breaking out of this matrix. However, it does feel like being stuck between a rock and a hard place.