Comments on: The Income Tax as Patriotic Duty

By: Taxes to Beat the Axis | Them Cats

Taxes to Beat the Axis | Them Cats — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:16:36 +0000

[…] forms before 4/15, I learned that in the early 1900s… …only the wealthy paid income tax. However, war — in this […]

By: MHBLabs » Taxes to Beat the Axis

MHBLabs » Taxes to Beat the Axis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:51 +0000

[…] forms before 4/15, I learned that in the early 1900s… …only the wealthy paid income tax. However, war — in this […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:09:00 +0000

Neither.

By: Ricky Sharp

Ricky Sharp — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:40:00 +0000

So the 48% of Americans who don’t pay any income taxes are unAmerican then? Or not paying their fair share? Careful, you’re starting to sound like a right wanger thar.

We will not see propaganda like this again for a while. Americans are too cynical now, half of Americans would just think it was Hipsterly ironic, the other half would just get mad.

“Oh, so it’s a privilege to pay income taxes huh? What if I don’t?”

“Then you also get the privilege of prison rape, that’s what.”

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Is this meant to criticize Disney or the income tax?

Or both? Or neither?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:14:00 +0000

This was great! I’d never seen this little piece of history before but it was very interesting. Taxes to bury the Axis. And while the film started to get a little spooky after the half-way point (“guns, guns, guns”), the message was an overall important one for America during WWII. Actually, I think we need more pro-Income Tax propaganda like this today. Now, it seems like the people who try to claim a monopoly on patriotism are the same people who do everything they can to avoid paying their fair share.

It’s unAmerican.