Voluntary Tax

Bob asked:


Yesterday I posted a question about our tax system and posted a video link to Harry Reid calling our system voluntary. One of the responses had this in it:

The Nature of the Federal Income Tax System
The Tax Scam Artist’s Lie: The filing of a tax return is voluntary.
Some assert that they are not required to file federal tax returns because the filing of a tax return is voluntary. Proponents point to the fact that the IRS itself tells taxpayers in the Form 1040 instruction book that the tax system is voluntary. Additionally, the Supreme Court’s opinion in Flora v. United States, 362 U.S. 145, 176 (1960), is often quoted for the proposition that “[o]ur system of taxation is based upon voluntary assessment and payment, not upon distraint.

If our tax system is voluntary, why did the government come to the door of the following people and put these people in jail for tax evasion?

Al Capone
Pete Rose
Carnell Rivers, 57, former owner of Carnell Rivers Trucking, Inc
Wesley Snipes

http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=102697&d=815&h=817&f=816&dateformat=%B+%e,+%Y

Richard Hatch – survivor winner

For some reason, when the government has the power to show up at your house, take you to jail, conficate your possessions, draft money out of your checking account, for some reason I do not call this voluntary taxation. I call it taking something by force.

Where am I wrong?

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