In the following video interview, Michale Steele says “Taxes are voluntary.” However, no tax is ever voluntary when the law demands it. Voluntary means to give willingly.
If someone takes from me my money, my vehicle, or my personal property using a knife, gun, baseball bat, or by burglary; that person is called a thief and subject to imprisonment by law.
If the government takes my money, my vehicle, or my personal property due to unpaid taxes; the government is considered within it’s rights by law. So how can any tax be voluntary?
The only difference between the two is; the individual used a weapon, the government used a pen. It’s still theft.