U.S. Senator: Taxation is Voluntary

(Ganked from The Liberator Online)

Libertarian video artist Jan Helfeld, infamous for his in-your-face Borat-style interviews of prominent figures, recently had the following surreal exchange with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:

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HELFELD: If the government is in the business of forcefully taking money from some people in order to pay for the welfare of others, how will the people whose wealth is being taken feel about the government?

REID: Well, I don't accept your phraseology. I don't think we 'force.'

HELFELD: Taxation is not forceful?

REID: Well, no. In fact, quite to the contrary. Our system of government is a voluntary tax system.

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That's right, dear reader, the U.S. tax system is voluntary. And no one is forced to participate.

Of course, if you don't "volunteer," your property is seized, you face crippling financial penalties, and you may well go to jail.