Tax Resistance 101
Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. | Yesterday was tax day and there’s been a growing chorus of Americans deciding to boycott the US government and engage in a form of protest that’s as old as human civilization: tax resistance. Today we’re covering what it is and whether it’s the right choice for you.
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May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
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@WBG123098
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
It still blows my mind that we drafted kids to send them to VIETNAM. LIKE HOLY HELL YOU WANNA SEE SOME RESISTANCE KIDNAP ME AND SEND ME TO THE JUNGLE WITH THE BAMBOO POOP STICKS AND TALKING TREES LIKE WTFF
@WBG123098
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
In the words of the great American poet, DJ Peach Cobbler
"You want me to pay the Israel bill? You send a warrior to come and collect."
@Morcap
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Sending that.. ''letter'' is just pure comic relief for the tax office workers; does nothing of real importance, has no real impact.
The whole ''tax resistance'' movement is a joke in its current format; if 10000 people chose not to pay taxes, legally owed, they will go to jail. Simply as that. Now if 10 Million people choose not to pay taxes, the government has a problem it can't easily resolve (with imprisonment for example). But.. there will never be such a cohesion among people to get to a critical mass of 10 million people to agree on any topic. And that is how the system propagate itself.
@melborja5152
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Janet Reno ruined everything
@melborja5152
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
All MUST protest for the existence of taxes
@TheThingThatMatters
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Gandhi was also racist against black people and advocated against our freedom. Great video though.
@illiteratemochi4150
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Petition for all of us not have our taxes automatically taken out of our paychecks. The government doesnโt deserve our money.
@heidiprofen
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
i honestly wish i was taught about taxes growing up. so much of this is giberish to me. all i know is that i filed exempt and i don't even care if i get jailed. at least prison has beds, because i'm currently a white collar worker who is homeless. this world is fucked.
@Filbator
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
I was told that doge would save the US so much money that we wouldnt have to pay any more taxes
@Ace_of_Salem1
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Can we make America aware instead of great please???
@JLynne36
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
I've been itemizing my deductions since I started doing my own taxes. I am very fortunate to make enough to support some environmental organizations as well as my local food bank. It might only be a few dollars here and there, but it adds up over time. Always nice to be able to look forward to that refund (would be nicer to not pay in the first place, but I've already had one IRS audit and it was a pita to get them to admit I already paid what I should have ๐really don't want to deal with that again)
@austin_e_schofield
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try." – Nemik's manifesto
@happyface-vx7bq
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
And they aren't even decent, kind enough to help old ladies that live on the streets. That is beyond sick. Thank God God is going to do something about it.
@Disc-i6z
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
I greatly appreciate what you're trying to do; your heart is in the right place. Our system & government is broken.
My issue with you is that you believe this is a "right vs left" problem. This is a class issue, not a political one. Trump is obviously corrupt, but so is EVERY politician & nearly EVERY member of the 1%, whether they are "right wing" or not. It's all a game to pit the average people against each other so the wealthy & powerful can stay that way.
#stopvoting
@USMCHolo
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Here's my one hangup with tax resisting: it doesn't actually stop anything. And I don't mean that the $5k I pay in taxes is just a drop in the bucket, because margins do matter. Rather, the Federal government's expenditures are almost never tied in any way to the Federal government's revenue. If Congress budgets $1 trillion for the Defense Department, the Defense Department is going to spend $1 trillion regardless of how many people pay however much in taxes. Treasury will just cut the check, and if there's a deficit they'll issue bonds to raise more cash. Taxes play into that process not one bit.
There's still the argument about not giving your money to an organization you think is doing reprehensible things, and that certainly has merit. But don't for one moment think that you're preventing anything from happening other than being passively complicit in the reprehensible activity.
@bongwelll
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
The wealthy make their money differently than us peasants. Thats where we need to hit them. Capital gains. I honestly think we need to start executing these ghouls
@LanaK8642
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
The biggest piece of propaganda I was ever sold was that non violent crimes are a moral failing and not a failure of the system we live under
@french.toastman
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
A genuine tax revolt that isn't astroturfed by the Heritage Foundation? Nice.
@heyimsasa
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
they're stealing from us. when is the guillotine coming?
@JayCeeSmile
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Citizens United grants corporations, the same Ability to donate to political campaigns on a level no American can keep up with.
Corporations like this are the biggest welfare suckers in existence like Walmart collecting about a quarter of all Snap benefits while simultaneously paying their employees low enough where they qualify for Snap benefits.
We are Idiocracyโฆ We are fervently idiotically fighting fir our own destruction, thinking we are. โMERCA!!โ
@BEYOUTOTHEFUL
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
THX FOR YR VIDEOS, U HAVE REAL INSIGHT. ANGELA
@toddski4178
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
well quit just "talkin" bout it and quit giving them yer money. its that simple…
@LilAliceehia
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
I actually talked to a bunch of people because I do Uber and Lyft and I have a conversation about the fact of well if we give base necessities of living that means that we can explore and do more stuff and go to school go expand our society to be better to actually take care of the environment and people like well people will be lazy I'm like no we can take him the data from the pandemic yeah it's kind of skewed because poverty but most people went back to working Yes there is going to be a very low percentage but you know what we don't even need those people to actually work we are so over employed in this country that a fraction of the society could literally sit on their ass and do absolutely nothing and be fine there are people that just want to stay base of necessity.
@shodin5gmvsguru508
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
There's an additional option though… and all it would take is everyone agrees for 2 weeks… Pay all of your bills at the start of the month and make sure to buy all the food you and your will need for two weeks ok… follow along with me. Then for 2 weeks… just don't show up to work. Don't leave home, and don't buy anything. For 2 weeks. It would cause such panic of the government and every system in place, that they would finally be forced to listen. And if they just panic then you can go out once more, replenish what you need for food and only food… and then do it again for the rest of the month.
The government can only stay in office for so long without a paycheck before people just start searching for another way of life. I want to remind everyone that we were officially Lord Farquaded on national television. Just saying…
@DailyCakeSlice
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Video starts at 14:13
Girl you spent half the video giving time of day to commenters who donโt have enough brain cells to actually understand our arguments
@games_on_phone89
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
14:51 i know it's not the time but
SEA SALT
@cameroon5404
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
AHHH!! REGAN IS SCARY!!!! AHHHH!!!!!
@josearagon3449
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
"Don't wanna pay taxes? Be poor!"๐๐๐
@josearagon3449
May 19, 2026 at 9:07 pm
Pottery?๐๐๐