re: #399 reine.de.tout

I also disagree with the idea that when a person earns a living, a portion of the income automatically belongs to the state.

I’m more of the “what I earn is mine, until the tax bill becomes due, at which point I pay everything I owe” mind-set.

I’m sorry, but it sounds like you’re arguing with the withholding option, which nobody disputes to be a payment option, and not a mindset. Some people don’t mind giving the government a small interest free loan every year if it helps them budget better and not get surprised at the end of the year. Some do mind, and nobody is forcing them to do so. Nevertheless, what will become due absolutely will become due, even death will not avert a person’s estate from having to pay taxes owed on any income they earned if filing requirements were met by the time of their death. There’s even a saying about the certain inevitability of these two things.