Some thoughts on undocumented workers (tRump's EO)

[Ms. Toad]

11. That's not the same thing.

Sales tax is a direct obligation on the vendor. I've been one - I know. If I sell items within my state, I am obligated to register as a vendor and to collect tax on the items I sell. It isn't about a tax on the buyer - it is about a tax on the goods (it's a vendor's obligation, not the buyer's).

Income taxes are forwarded, by your employer - at your direction - to the state. Depending on how I complete my W-4, I can cut them employer completely out of the loop - because the amount the employer withholds is based on how much I tell them to withhold.

If I choose to claim enough deductions (or assert I am exempt from withholding) and then never file a tax return to pay what I owe, the IRS is not going to come after my employer - it is going to come after me. In other words the income tax withholding isn't an analagous situation. The withholding system does not punish my employer (as a means of coercing me to behave) should I choose, for example, to ensure that the money withheld for me only amounts to approximately half of my actual tax liability so that when I file the IRS does not have easy access to the ~50% of my taxes that fund the war - as some friends do as an act of conscientious objection.

As to your last question - I have no clue what moral dilemna you are suggesting. If it wasn't your income, you are not obligated to pay taxes on it. There are mechanisms for reporting incorrectly attributed income