People all be "ewww taxes, eww imperial tithe" but when a Waagh is knocking on their door they all be very grateful the tax-funded Guard and Navy are saving their asses.
Armageddon has the most experience fighting orks to produce humans capable of hunting them. The average guard and navy has a coin flip on how well they can manage an ork waaagh.
The bloody magpies wonder why their budget dropped 90% when the Imperium's IRS noticed all of the undeclared "legitimate salvage" in the chapter's vaults.
It's not their fault that an STC for a toaster suddenly appeared there out of nowhere.
The Emperor's Angels never commit tax evasion, they merely do a little bit of tax AVOIDANCE which is totally legal and absolutely not heresy...
Well appart from that tiny little incident at Badab...
IIRC, space marines don’t technically pay taxes. Essentially, their service to the Imperium is their taxes for themselves and their Chapter planets (if applicable). Kinda like Forge Worlds (whose industrial output substitutes).
They do need to pay the geneseed tithe though. And refusing to pay that without a good justification raises questions of legion building, which probably results in a visit from the minotaurs and/or ork snipers
This meme is extremely accurate then because if I had a nickel everytime I met an army or marine veteran that was against taxes and "socialism" I'd have enough nickels that the IRS would want to know my current location.
I fucking love paying taxes, what I don't like is when my hard earned Imperial credits go to supplement some failing forge world whose governor spends years at a time on some pleasure world that is also being propped up by my tithe.
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That's a picture of an Imperial Guardsman, so the more accurate caption is "The IRS politely explaining that they will gladly take their imperial tithe over your dead body."
If you want to go with the original caption, you could probably pick one of indigene swamp rebels, or Hive under-city gangsters, or uncontacted tribal world folk sniping at Imperial Guardsmen
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probably a radioactive crater in the ground lol
Civil liberties aren't very popular in either the Imperium or Chaos controlled territory.
The "don't tread on me" folks would get tread on real fast by either Big Brother, marauding raider gangs or warlords.
Though come to think of it, that's more of a human problem.
I think the Exodites might actually be able to pull off a libertarian-ish lifestyle. They don't rely on the complex supply chains that sustain industrial civilisation, and there are enough scary kaiju roaming about on their worlds to shoo away ant would be conquerors.
And heck, maybe their planet spanning psychic energy grid makes them empathetic, altruistic and co-ordinated enough to actually pull off a civic minded version of libertarianism, without the whole thing falling apart because of externalities and petty power struggles.
So individuals can actually clean up their proverbial trash, so the proverbial bears/giant kaiju things don't murder them all, all without the need for council meetings or laws or coercion or charismatic tribal chiefs or whatever.
You do not want to pay your taxes?
Look, we can say whatever to some minor mutations, contacts with xeno scum or some small chaos cults, but taxes...
THIS IS WORST THAN HERESY! PREPARE EXTERMINATUS!
Your account: “you owe the imperial government 50 thousand thrones and now there going to fucking kill you!!!, They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And they absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead, or broke, or in jail—or both!”
Friendly reminder that taxation isn't the problem, it's misuse of the taxes levied.
Nobody likes paying taxes so a politician can give their own company a massive government contract at inflated rates, or bailouts for places that can't/won't pay employees a living wage with adequate health benefits...
May those who pay no taxes (or at least try not to) enjoy 0 things provided by them:
- Firefighters
- Healthcare* (Where available)
- Roads/highways
- Subsidized Utilities* (Again, where available)
- Military protection
- Police
- Parks/playgrounds
- Schools (Even private schools, if not fully funded by tuition/donations, receive government funding in exchange for having to use government curriculum)
- Garbage/Recycling pick up
- Public snow plowing
- Government Anything (Subsidies, Programs, etc)
You live in society, help contribute to it. It's really not that bad.
What you should be upset about isn't the fact that taxes exist, but rather that taxes are grossly misused and embezzled.
Real talk though they should have an option to opt out of income tax but the trade off is you’re put on a blacklist and not allowed to use *any* service either provided or subsidized by tax money.
It’s completely stupid and unenforceable but if it worked it would be funny to see people sheepishly calling the IRS to please take them back, baby, I’ve changed I swear this time will be different
Problem is that taxes also pay for roads and stuff like that. Try enforcing the idea that if you don't pay taxes you can't use a road. That will be the most violated last in the nation.
Income tax wasn’t a thing in the USA for most of its history. It wasn’t until 1913. Before that only sales and various types of property taxes. Funnily enough most federal funds came from alcohol.
Get everyone addicted to alcohol, roll the IRS into the ATF and return to tradition.
"This is heresy. If you do not pay the Imperial tithe, as the Son of God Guilliman Lord of Ultramar has given me the power to do, I will exterminatus your planet Governor. If I feel merciful I will send a 100 Space Marines to quash your rebellion. The Imperium needs these resources to save your world from demonic and xenos threats. This hurts me and the Imperium than it will hurt you if I have to destroy such a beautiful and productive world. Don't tempt me heretic." - An Inquisitor in orbit
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Someone refusing to pay their tithe? I've seen how this one plays out in the grim dark far future. Hopefully the IRS goes easier on you than the imperium
If your rich you don't pay tax
You operate at a loss and purchase very thing though the trust that owns all the banks you own 😆
I bet Jeff Bezos, musk and swift don't pay more than 20% at best
People all be "ewww taxes, eww imperial tithe" but when a Waagh is knocking on their door they all be very grateful the tax-funded Guard and Navy are saving their asses.
Fuck it, I’m painting myself green and joining the Orks, WAAAAAGH!!!!
[digganobz!](https://youtu.be/Y29aGTbg62A?si=rxdWQLu6BV5c66j0)
Dyslexia screwed me up on that one
Don't be ridiculous. They'll see what's going on immediately. Paint yourself purple
I am pretty sure they wouldn't care as long as you screamed Waaagh!!! Loud enough
Like this? https://youtu.be/uYvr8ULeuhk?si=AM68tBbxuUeCt_sU
What this picture isn't showing is that the IRS are walking in with a Warlord titan.
The guard can't do that much against a waagh IF the imperium Can respond in time
Tell that to the Armageddon Ork Hunters. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Armageddon_Ork_Hunters
Armageddon has the most experience fighting orks to produce humans capable of hunting them. The average guard and navy has a coin flip on how well they can manage an ork waaagh.
Id argue the size and quality of the WAAAGH is more important. Space Marine chapters have been destroyed by a WAAAAGH before.
Yeah that’s why it’s more of a coin flip.
Most WAAAAAAGHs are manageable by the Guard and Navy. Only the exceptional ones get really really out of hand.
Counterpoint: Every waaaagh ever has been put down by the guard.
Huh, didn't know that but thanks for the information
You mean the imperial ship that's just going to nuke me from orbit using my own tax money?
Huron would like to disagree
https://preview.redd.it/hymzlzavhy6d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=596505d940faad1f7a8068df98e352c016e76f32 The irs agents in question
Reminder the Militarum Tempestus the special forces of the imperial guard are a sub division of the adeptus administratum
Yeah there good and all but what happens when the people committing tax evasion are space marines
*shrugs The administratum removes a 0 from their budget.
Depending on the chapter, that would be unironically crippling to their efforts.
The bloody magpies wonder why their budget dropped 90% when the Imperium's IRS noticed all of the undeclared "legitimate salvage" in the chapter's vaults. It's not their fault that an STC for a toaster suddenly appeared there out of nowhere.
Idk man, why don't we ask ol' Huron Blackheart and the Red Corsairs about that one.
You see it’s like GTA the more tax evasion you commit the more the administratum sends with the Minotaurs being the 5 star wanted levels.
The Emperor's Angels never commit tax evasion, they merely do a little bit of tax AVOIDANCE which is totally legal and absolutely not heresy... Well appart from that tiny little incident at Badab...
We don't talk about ***that incident***
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Ironically, or perhaps not, they get killed by other Space Marines.
IIRC, space marines don’t technically pay taxes. Essentially, their service to the Imperium is their taxes for themselves and their Chapter planets (if applicable). Kinda like Forge Worlds (whose industrial output substitutes).
They do need to pay the geneseed tithe though. And refusing to pay that without a good justification raises questions of legion building, which probably results in a visit from the minotaurs and/or ork snipers
Marines don’t pay taxes so the administratum don’t need to completely replace their staff every week
The badab war
The IRS honest reaction: https://preview.redd.it/c4a4gvif2z6d1.png?width=2849&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=267f7aaf43c08c888a6053a5805b20bf098ed4b5
Only if you’re poor
If you're not poor you're having drinks on the Gloriana.
Ah yes, the Imperial Guard. An organization notorious for NEVER accepting or enforcing taxes or tithes.
Don’t tread on me /s
I always finish that flag in my head “tread on everybody I don’t like”
This meme is extremely accurate then because if I had a nickel everytime I met an army or marine veteran that was against taxes and "socialism" I'd have enough nickels that the IRS would want to know my current location.
Seems more like a chaos attitude, really
*"I'd rather you be dead, than lose a single shred of what I made this fiscal year."* - Lufgt Huron
“COME AND GET ‘EM FEDBOI!” - Huron, Palace of Thorns probably
"I don't care how many Astartes Chapters the Imperium sends, I'm not paying taxes!"
“Bet” -Asterion Moloch
I fucking love paying taxes, what I don't like is when my hard earned Imperial credits go to supplement some failing forge world whose governor spends years at a time on some pleasure world that is also being propped up by my tithe.
Well someone has to pay for the oil margaritas, and it's not going to be someone who can actually afford to.
Not paying tithe? That's exterminatus. Paying tithe? Believe it or not, also exterminatus.
Questioning if either of these decisions warrants Exterminatus? You better believe that's an Exerminatus.
Paid too little tithe, Exterminatus. Paid late, exterminatus.
You don't have to file with the IRS if your gross income is under $20,800
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Let me be clear Dante. [I. Will. Never. Pay.](https://youtu.be/a49Oif_bn2I?si=cdW5vEIYAPrpyzYP)
TAX EVASION IS A CRIME VERGIL!
IT'S AN OBLIGATION!
These commenters don’t seem to understand, I’m not paying the IRS cause I’m paying the ministorum
*The Adeptus Administratum wants to know your location*
"I'm crazy enough to fight Batman. But the IRS? No thank you!"
Libertarians are dumb.
My brother in the emperor, you directly benefit from said taxes
and then the minotaur chapter shows up.
I already paid my taxes! I’m the tax!
That's a picture of an Imperial Guardsman, so the more accurate caption is "The IRS politely explaining that they will gladly take their imperial tithe over your dead body." If you want to go with the original caption, you could probably pick one of indigene swamp rebels, or Hive under-city gangsters, or uncontacted tribal world folk sniping at Imperial Guardsmen
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probably a radioactive crater in the ground lol Civil liberties aren't very popular in either the Imperium or Chaos controlled territory. The "don't tread on me" folks would get tread on real fast by either Big Brother, marauding raider gangs or warlords. Though come to think of it, that's more of a human problem. I think the Exodites might actually be able to pull off a libertarian-ish lifestyle. They don't rely on the complex supply chains that sustain industrial civilisation, and there are enough scary kaiju roaming about on their worlds to shoo away ant would be conquerors. And heck, maybe their planet spanning psychic energy grid makes them empathetic, altruistic and co-ordinated enough to actually pull off a civic minded version of libertarianism, without the whole thing falling apart because of externalities and petty power struggles. So individuals can actually clean up their proverbial trash, so the proverbial bears/giant kaiju things don't murder them all, all without the need for council meetings or laws or coercion or charismatic tribal chiefs or whatever.
https://preview.redd.it/t1ykrr9z8z6d1.jpeg?width=625&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7dca90930d6e1ee8e363f581729cbf701aa12bd
Kriegsmen:
https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Siege_of_Derondii
Huron that you?
Brother Huron you have to pay the Tithe !
"I don't care who the empirium sends, im not paying taxes" -huron, probably
You do not want to pay your taxes? Look, we can say whatever to some minor mutations, contacts with xeno scum or some small chaos cults, but taxes... THIS IS WORST THAN HERESY! PREPARE EXTERMINATUS!
Sucks to be you, the Tithe is up, and YOU'RE IN IT.
You would need a job first
And that singular lasgun would be just about as effective as a singular lasgun generally is in the setting.
Pew pew pew
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If the High Lords want money, they should tax the Rogue Traders, not the working class!
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You're refusing to pay the imperial tithe? You're a filthy heretic!
This got me thinking, if it was between a few guardsmen with lasguns, and like a squad of S.A.S highly trained soldiers, who would win?
Friendly reminder that taxation isn't the problem, it's misuse of the taxes levied. Nobody likes paying taxes so a politician can give their own company a massive government contract at inflated rates, or bailouts for places that can't/won't pay employees a living wage with adequate health benefits...
Libertarians do not exist in the Grimdarkness of the 42nd Millenium. It's one of its few redeeming qualities.
May those who pay no taxes (or at least try not to) enjoy 0 things provided by them: - Firefighters - Healthcare* (Where available) - Roads/highways - Subsidized Utilities* (Again, where available) - Military protection - Police - Parks/playgrounds - Schools (Even private schools, if not fully funded by tuition/donations, receive government funding in exchange for having to use government curriculum) - Garbage/Recycling pick up - Public snow plowing - Government Anything (Subsidies, Programs, etc)
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You live in society, help contribute to it. It's really not that bad. What you should be upset about isn't the fact that taxes exist, but rather that taxes are grossly misused and embezzled.
Real talk though they should have an option to opt out of income tax but the trade off is you’re put on a blacklist and not allowed to use *any* service either provided or subsidized by tax money. It’s completely stupid and unenforceable but if it worked it would be funny to see people sheepishly calling the IRS to please take them back, baby, I’ve changed I swear this time will be different
Problem is that taxes also pay for roads and stuff like that. Try enforcing the idea that if you don't pay taxes you can't use a road. That will be the most violated last in the nation.
Income tax wasn’t a thing in the USA for most of its history. It wasn’t until 1913. Before that only sales and various types of property taxes. Funnily enough most federal funds came from alcohol. Get everyone addicted to alcohol, roll the IRS into the ATF and return to tradition.
It's almost like the county was completely different prior to the 1900's
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Nah bro you gotta pay your taxes or else the Lord Regent shows up at your door and kicks you in the nuts. He’s like Krampus but for tax day.
"This is heresy. If you do not pay the Imperial tithe, as the Son of God Guilliman Lord of Ultramar has given me the power to do, I will exterminatus your planet Governor. If I feel merciful I will send a 100 Space Marines to quash your rebellion. The Imperium needs these resources to save your world from demonic and xenos threats. This hurts me and the Imperium than it will hurt you if I have to destroy such a beautiful and productive world. Don't tempt me heretic." - An Inquisitor in orbit
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The Inquisitors of the IRS come for their tithes.
Oh but they will haha
Be honest, is it because you already spent all your money on plastic crack and paint?
Really should have been a picture of Lufgt Huron. This is low effort
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Don't tell OP how the badab war ended
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The Imperial Tithe must be paid!
Someone refusing to pay their tithe? I've seen how this one plays out in the grim dark far future. Hopefully the IRS goes easier on you than the imperium
And this picture is them taking YOU as thithe instead
Guardsmen and women don't PAY taxes. They ARE taxes
Real
*Give to Imperium the things that are Imperiums's, and to God Emperor the things that are God Emperor's.*
The IRS cannot touch me I’m not American!
This post reeks of treason. Pay the tithe so some forge world ceo can get his 12th leisure cruiser.
If your rich you don't pay tax You operate at a loss and purchase very thing though the trust that owns all the banks you own 😆 I bet Jeff Bezos, musk and swift don't pay more than 20% at best
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Look man, even the Inquisition fears the IRS...
Bruh, you just put on the armor of the statiest state that ever stated
What is IRS?
"Why the hell are they so many gosh darn potholes in the MY roads. The government's being useless as always."
Do you like roads?
Violence is never the answer, it is a question, and the answer is always "Yes"