No Taxes to a King

Congress authorizes the Federal budget. A President does not have the legal right to stop it. When a President stops following the law or a billionaire steals our identities and money, they are appointing themselves a King. Our position, consistent with US American values and our country's founding spirit, is that we do not give money to a King, but a democratic state. And Kings don't deserve our taxes.

We won't idly stand by. Together, we choose democracy.


Our Pledge

  1. We empathetically say NO to the current administrative coup. We will encourage everyone to stop the coup.
  2. We will learn about tax resistance and other forms of noncooperation.
  3. We do not intend to pay money to a King. Therefore we will consider our options to redirect our funds from the federal government to directly support critical services.

This is not a stance we take casually. But it took courage to organize the Boston Tea Party, too.

Choose democracy with us, and we’ll get ready together. After you sign up, we’ll share resources, workshops, draw wisdom from people who have lived through coups, and get you information about this form of noncooperation.

FAQs

WHAT INSPIRED THIS?

This pledge was initially drafted when Donald Trump's office put an indefinite "pause" on over $3 trillion of federal grants, including federal to state grants, alongside billions frozen in foreign aid. While public pressure and courts forced some of these Congressionally mandated funds to keep flowing, the impact of this illegal action remains severe. Trump does not have the right to arbitrarily stop funding. This has been well established with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which is a law explicitly written to prevent this sort of situation.

There remains further attempts to unconstitutionally concentrate power in the executive branch and in Elon Musk.


IS THIS A PLEDGE FOR TAX RESISTANCE?

For tactical, strategic, and legal purposes, this is not a commitment to engage in tax resistance. It is a vow to study options and prepare for possibilities.

Historically, tax resistance in the US has included:

  • Filing and refusing to pay your taxes — escrowing those funds or donating them to better programs supporting critical services
  • Paying only a portion of your taxes in protest
  • Refusing to fill a tax return
  • Earning less than the taxable income by choice.

We will study our options and individuals will make their own assessments about taking action.


IS THIS TAX PROTEST?

No, a tax protest is an attempt to avoid responsibility for taxes under any circumstances. We believe that taxation is an important pillar of healthy democracy. Our position, consistent with US American values, is that we do not give money to a King, but a democratic state.

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