Wouldn't say they always went around in the buff but it was common in performing athletes or on body training grounds if women were not generally present. "The Greek Body"
By Ian Dennis Jenkins, Victoria Turner.
Spartans were more likely than others to go around naked but it was generally for a reason not just because they decided they didn't want to wear clothes.
Polybius (n.d.). "Histories II.28". uchicago.edu. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
Unless you were a slave then things got iffy. Of course there weren't any laws saying you couldn't just not wear clothes. Interestingly countries that dealt with "barbarians" tended to have more of a stigma about clothing than others.
Plato (1925). "Symposium 182c". Translated by Fowler, Harold N. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
That said you'd be really surprised how many blacksmiths forgo a top when they work. An apron? Absolutely yes. Shirt, meh not really needed if you wear an apron.

Assuming this is supposed to be ancient Greece, or thereabouts, clothing was.... less of a priority. It was not uncommon to just forgo clothing if it was going to get dirty especially if you only had a few sets of clothes.

If you're still interested in something other than hyperbole go here for a decent source: https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/who-pays-taxes
As for the questions? I'm not sure the IRS is behind the drive so much as the vehicle through which politicians are using to try and get more control. When it comes down to it control is what they want. If they can keep track of your money the next step is deciding where you can spend your money. Then they can punish you for not spending it "correctly". Which would allow them to decide you can't be trusted to spend it right so it would be better if they just spent it for you. I realize how crazy that sounds but there is plenty of history to back that up. I also realize that that is many steps away and also not currently, legally, possible. Which is why we need to make sure and vote. And need to make sure the voting process is not destroyed by those trying to make it easier to commit fraud.

Yep, that pesky1%. It's always a sticking point that 1%. But that 1% also pays approximately 90% of the taxes each year already. Which you can also look up. Then there's also the fact, fact mind you, that much of that wealth is tied up in assets and not in some bank account somewhere. I'm not saying there isn't room for improvement on how things are done. But what I find is disingenuous is for any elected politician to demand any other politician's financial records for public consumption without also offering theirs up right along with it. I'm all for requiring all, all, elected officials to yearly give them up. Of course I'm also completely for set term limits, no more than 2 terms in either Congress or the Senate or 1 in each. The only addition would be a 2 term max as either the President or Vice President not both.

But your money is "ours". Don't worry I'm responsible.

And churches do have to pay the Non-Ad Valorem tax. This is tax the helps pay for things like the police and fire departments and other local public things like sewage.

A water moccasin is mean tempered usually so if wasn't cold/cool out and it stayed placid that's a decent indication in and of itself. Not definitive, but good. I hope by now it's been released well away from where you are. In the future if you find a snake like that an easy, relatively safe test is getting a long stick and tapping the ground near the snake. Water moccasins will strike at it showing that lovely distinctive mouth color. Plus side is that regardless of whether it is one or not you can know with some certainty straight away. Be aware though cotton mouths have been known to literally chase people just to attack them. Not something you really want to be playing with if you can avoid it.

If I could find a legitimate reason for it I'd wear just about anything. However, there are somethings that I'd theoretically be willing to wear that I would never actually wear. A good example is the scarf I bought in Afghanistan. I'd love to wear it but I live in Florida it never gets cold enough to need a scarf. I wear things for two reasons. They're comfortable or I need to because of the weather. Sometimes that even overlaps. Unfortunately, Florida never gets cold enough. I wear shorts 99% of the year because it's just too hot to wear something else.

Being from Florida that was my first thought on what kind of snake it is. But without knowing where they caught it and what type of area they caught it in ie... woodland, grassy, near water, it's really hard to say with any certainty.

Same.