If like half the nation stopped paying taxes do you think there would be martial law?

Roughly half the nation pays no income tax, so if the other half stopped paying, things would get interesting 🤔

I think half the people don't pay taxes already xD

Almost Half the population doesn’t pay any federal taxes already

Martial law is an interesting concept.

Who exactly would enforce it ?

I mean if half the country doesn't pay taxes, does that mean the half that does would insist on it ?
Effectively paying their own security to monitor them alone ?

Yes. Why don’t you like paying taxes? Taxes rates can be lowered but canceling them completely is a bad idea. You’ll have to privatize all infrastructures, roads, schools, healthcare, education even the government. Imagine a President needing Apple’s or Googles approval before lifting any finger. Poor population will quadruple because corporate interests don’t allow a redistribution of wealth. The country will turn into a banana republic!! Google banana republic to remind you what happens when a corporation governs a country.

Unfortunately we know we can't win that battle.

If nobody paid taxes.. they couldn’t afford the agents to collect it..

A lot of people don't, and many of the wealthy have ways to hide their money or simply not have to pay. So, if half of those that still pay would stop, we'd have some major issues. Can't say it would happen immediately, but wouldn't doubt the govt would float some kind of "automatic withdrawal" law to people's bank accounts.

Lower 40% of income do not pay taxes.

Most of America is on handouts

Half the people already don't pay taxes. The IRS quietly audits them.

No. Because there would be no money to fund the military then.