A question not infrequently submitted to Ask Catherine & the Solari Team is, “Why should I pay my taxes?” In this audio excerpt (above) from the Ask Catherine episode published on January 9, 2026, Catherine and Carolyn explain why paying taxes is important. (Their answer is framed from a U.S. perspective but is applicable elsewhere.)

Americans are understandably frustrated with a governance system that is stealing, grifting, and behaving in corrupt ways. However, abrogating one’s responsibilities and destroying trust by not paying taxes is not a solution. Millions of people in America depend on good things funded by tax dollars. The solution is to bring the law and defend and protect the Constitution and the covenant Americans have with one another.

As Catherine also points out:

“Now that they’ve stolen all the money, the top guys would love for us to implode the system…. There’s nothing they [would] love more [than] for everybody who believes in freedom to not pay their taxes, and then they’ve got a straight shot to get you when the time comes. If they want to declare you a ‘domestic terrorist’ and come after you, you just gave them a clean shot.”

Read Solari’s 2021 report titled Taxation: With or Without Representation, by Catherine and Carolyn, for an excellent in-depth discussion about why taxpayers’ and legislators’ focus should be on holding the government accountable for upholding the financial management laws. Taxation—with or without representation—is at the very heart of the matter.