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Post from Alt National Park Service Since Congress's allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes. If Donald Trump can override our elected officials' control of the purse strings, we are effectively entering a period of taxation without representation. It's time for a modern-day Tea Party-let's throw the tea into the "Gulf of America." We are working on a court case, and a tax strike may be legally possible. Remember: no taxation without representation. We encourage other Americans to bring cases against the government to set precedent. Let's start a federal tax strike.

Henry David Thoreau Spends Night in Jail

On this day in 1846, Henry David Thoreau left his cabin at Walden Pond for a brief walk into town and ended up in the Concord jail for refusing to pay his poll tax. A fervent abolitionist, Thoreau explained, I cannot for an instant recognize . . .
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