Did you guys know that IRS will still tax you even if you live in a post apocalyptic USA?

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1. They can have my irradiated bottlecaps when they pull them from my cold dead hands.

2. Without power or a government that’s highly doubtful

3. The IRS would climb out of a nuclear waste land for your taxes. There is a reason the Joker doesn’t fuck with the IRS.

4. I suppose my level of surprise would equate to the level of apocalypse.

   Like if its a “The Walking Dead” or “The Book of Eli” type apocalypse I’d be surprised.

   If it’s the “Hunger Games” or “Handmaids Tale” type apocalypse.. not surprised at all.

5. I won’t have use for money anyway on account of there will be nothing to spend it on. Also I will be dead.

   Edit: Deleted “probably” from in front of “dead.” Who am I kidding? I’m not cut out for nuclear winter.

6. Nothing is certain but death & taxes.

7. Your idea of apocalyptic may be mild and video game based.

8. Is this a meme post?

9. [I suggest reading about Mancur Olson’s idea of the Stationary Bandit](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3474083).

   Taxes will inevitably come back.

10. Why are you like this?

11. They will not.

    They will try maybe

12. I doubt I would have much money at that stage anyway, and the people I know would most definitely outgun them, so I’m not sure how they would ever collect anything.

    Shit, I know people now who are a property tax bump away from going postal, I can’t imagine what they would do if the government tried to collect property taxes after a damn apocalypse. Those fuckers would probably be rigging up IEDs and setting up bamboo spike traps to take out the tax man in that scenario.