Free Rider Problem

This is not about eBikes. You know…those battery powered bikes…ah…never mind.

Okay, so you’re a tax derelict. You hate paying taxes so much, you…just don’t pay them.

But then North Korea sends over a nuke. It's about 10 miles off the coast…juuuuust about to make you glow in the dark forever…when one of our homing robot defense missiles shoots out of the belly of a nuclear sub and blows it to smithereens.

So now the country is safe.

Not so much North Korea, but that’s a different story.

You didn’t want to pay your taxes.

You didn’t want to fund that sub or the brave sailors in it or the homing drone or the myriad other fancy tech things that powered it.

You, deadbeat tax non-payer that you are, wanted a free ride…on everyone else's taxes.

So how do we avoid this problem? Well, we have the IRS...and they have an army (of geeks) who make sure you pay your taxes. And if you don’t, you face serious jail time...and will have to end up paying more than if you’d just fallen in step and paid your taxes on time along with everyone else.

Free rider problem…solved.