Many people oppose excessive taxation.
In theory, prosecutorial dealmaking is a means of getting a defendant for a minor crime to bring in the perpetrator of a major one, and thereby guards the public safety by assuring the apprehension of major criminals. Combine this set of incentives with a crooked prosecutor or investigator, blend in a pinch of dirty politics, and we have the recipe for political dirty tricks. One of the most common scams to be targeted at libertarians and other patriots is the Federal Income Tax scam. This has many variants, but most commonly begins with the premise that there is no law requiring citizens of any State to pay Federal taxes. In regards to the 16th Amendment, there is compelling evidence that this was never properly ratified.