Topic: Taxation
Ron Paul's Boot Camp for NonTaxpayers Dr. Paul has praised non-violent civil disobedience as an honorable and effective means of dealing with runaway federal power, including taxation. You should, nevertheless, know what you're doing and count the cost before you begin.by creator
(libertarian)
Monday, April 21, 2008
Has such a question ever even occurred to you? Have you even heard of a "nontaxpayer" before? Wouldn't it be unpatriotic not to "pay your taxes" like everyone else?
Taxpayer? Nontaxpayer? Which are you? Is there an unequivocal reason that you "voluntarily comply" with the world's most obscure, deceptive, and fraudulently administered tax law, Title 26 of the US Code? Are YOU [fill in your name here] "made liable" for an income tax by some specific activity or circumstance, clearly stated in that book of law, or do you pay tax just because "everybody else does?"
Can you name the statute and section that makes you liable? Would the IRS produce it for you if you were to ask? If you think that they would, just try asking them sometime! You will soon find out that the IRS is not interested in what the law says or means - their only purpose is to take your money, and shame on you for even asking such a "frivolous" question!
Ron Paul, known as "The Taxpayer's Best Friend," has said some interesting things about true patriots, oppressive state demands, and their possible consequences:
"The true patriot... rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. Resistance need not be violent, but the civil disobedience that might be required involves confrontation with the state and invites possible imprisonment." - Ron Paul, Who Are The Patriots?
Dr. Paul is the ONLY candidate who has been honest about the subject of the income tax and who has a real plan for tax reform. He has become more successful than most of his forerunners in the "Tax Honesty" movement in bringing to light just how severely Americans have been deceived about taxes. He is the only politician who is willing to state plainly that the federal government neither needs your money nor uses it for essential services - it is all being wasted in a completely unnecessary global military presence.
Daniel Webster once said "The power to tax is the power to destroy." The destruction of our beloved country is almost complete, as Dr. Paul has shown us - brought about through the twin evils of the communistic income tax and through the hidden "inflation tax." Those who have resisted have been marginalized:
"True patriotism today has gotten a bad name—at least from the government and the press. Those who now challenge the unconstitutional methods of imposing an income tax on us, or force us to use a monetary system designed to serve the rich at the expense of the poor, are routinely condemned." - Ron Paul, Who Are The Patriots?
Thankfully, America is now on the verge of reaching a "critical mass" of citizens who have become sufficiently awake, aware, and angry over what has been done to us by the banksters and their lackeys in all branches of the federal government, especially unjust taxation.
"Non-violent protesters of the tax code are frequently imprisoned—whether they are protesting the code’s unconstitutionality or the war that the tax revenues are funding." - Ron Paul, Who Are The Patriots?
Have you had enough? Are you finally "Mad as hell, and not going to take it any more?" Are you willing to "step out of line," stand for what is right, ready to be a true patriot, having counted the cost? If so, you may wish to investigate these educational resources with an open mind:
"Original Intent is an organization dedicated to restoring this nation to its republican roots. Our children, neighbors, family and community can no longer even identify our fundamental God-given "inalienable rights". If our inalienable rights cannot be identified, the liberty that stems from them is lost."
""The revenue laws are a code or system in regulation of tax assessment and collection. They relate to taxpayers, and not to nontaxpayers." - Economy Plumbing and Heating Co. v. United States, 470 F.2d 585 (1972)
"What is known today as Free Enterprise Society was formed in 1979 by a small group of individuals who were very concerned about the simultaneous expansion of bureaucracy, erosion of individual rights, and plunder of private wealth by slick government debt and taxing schemes."
"Unlike groups that merely paid lip service to freedom, Free Enterprise Society put their money where their mouth was. With their homes, jobs, and reputations at stake, Free Enterprise Society members held official authority accountable under the United States Constitution, which is the Supreme Law of the Land in this country. Many of these challenges went into the courts. There were both wins and losses. The wins we celebrated; the losses were studied very carefully to prevent their repetition."
"Free Enterprise Society seminars and study courses, have determined lawful ways of avoiding intolerable debt and tax burdens. Have you ever stopped to wonder how much more enjoyable your life would be without these two burdens, debt and taxes?"
"The We The People Foundation is committed to educating Americans about their Fundamental Rights and the history, meaning and power of the Constitution, and the essential Principles of Liberty. Where our servant governments have abused the limited authorities that the People have delegated, the Foundation confronts and holds these governments accountable to the federal and state written Constitutions."
"We believe the federal government has grown too large, too intrusive, and too expensive. We believe in constitutional limits, small government, civil liberties, federalism, and low taxes."
"We want to end laws and programs that don't work, cause harm, and violate the Constitution. We want to restore the full force of the 9th and 10th amendments, which reserve most social functions to the people and the states."
"Our goal is to reduce the federal government to a tiny fraction of its current size, decentralize power, end deficits, federal borrowing, and monetary inflation, and eliminate most federal taxation and the IRS."
"Politicians are constantly making the claim that they just can't do with a penny less of your money, while they force you to make do with less and less all the time (and then they have the nerve to call you "greedy" if you object). They do this, not just with the obvious taxes that everyone knows about (e.g., income taxes, sales taxes, property taxes), but with a myriad of other taxes, fees, and other hidden costs of government you may not even be aware of."
"You have a RIGHT to know the TRUTH! You have a NEED to know the TRUTH! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS—KNOW YOUR DUTIES as they REALLY are, or you, your children and your grandchildren will continue to be victims of the largest scam in the history of mankind—the misrepresented and misapplied Federal Income Tax."
All of these fine organizations can help get the wool out of your eyes and direct your actions in the most effective way towards ending the century of tax tyranny that Americans have been subjected to - but it is up to YOU to read, learn, and take action!
"The true patriot challenges the state when the state embarks on enhancing its power at the expense of the individual... Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity..." - Ron Paul, Who Are The Patriots?
Will you continue to grant the federal government unlimited and unlawful power over you, or will you wake up and do the right thing for yourself, your family, and your country? No, it won't necessarily be an easy task - but consider the alternative! Many brave men and women have gone before you to pave the way, more are joining the forces day by day. Don't let their efforts have been in vain!
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I don't want the trouble, but I would not pay them if I knew I would not be imprisoned or fined thousands of dollars. I have kids at home and they need me at home, not in jail.
Jason, you've counted the cost and choose to do what you must do. I have no quarrel with you.
Your response does however exemplify the motive of most "taxpayers," namely fear. The IRS is a master of fear. Even in the case of most Americans - possibly including you - who do NOT owe the tax, the IRS will cow you into "volunteering."
As for Ron Paul, and unlike the "typical American" working in the private sector, as an employee of the federal government Dr. Paul IS made liable by federal law for an income tax.
A major part of the IRS fraud is in the legal definition of the word "employee." The IRS works very hard to make everyone in the private sector believe they are "employees" when in reality Title 26 clearly defines the word, for the purposes of Title 26, as applying only to the government employee and the officer of the government corporation. Look up the definition for yourself.
No, Karl, it was not an oversight... I have misgivings about the approach to the IRS taken by lost horizons, and so I have limited my listing of resources to the information that I belive to be the most reliable. Caveat emptor.
Yes, lets see if the Democrats or the Republicans will ever sign on to a fair tax. Still waiting.... Ok looks like they won't. Maybe if the 6% of America that supports Ron Paul keeps writing articles about how you really don't have to pay taxes then they might pay attention. Shoot with 6-10% of the vote lost, they really might get worried.
"Pissing off a Ron Paul supporter is like angering a fan of Hitler, you are more than likely going to get away with it."- Unknown
If it wasn't for that pesky US Constitution we wouldn't have taxes.
Article VI - This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land.
Article V - The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
Amendment XVI - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
In addition to the Constitutional statement, you should also be careful in referring people to Title 26 as 'proof' they don't have to pay taxes. On the contrary, Title 26 specifically outlines who must pay taxes and offers no out for tax protestors.
Many a tax protestor has gone to jail over bad advice such as this. How do you change the system if you become a felon over false information? In becoming a felon, you just give up your freedom and right to vote.
If you want to make a difference, run for office or support those who really can make a change. If more people actually ran for office, even on the local level, a change can happen. When we sit back and wait for someone else to make a change, nothing happens. The Constitution specifically outlines how it can be changed. Read up on Article V.
As I said before, the only solution to the tax situation in this environment is to make more money. And, you can't make more money if you are in jail, and neither is it any comfort that you are right.
The system has to change through the political means, and a fair tax, though better than the present, has to be accompained by a reduction in spending to be really effective. As long as they have the FED they don't need our $.
Nothing wrong with civil disobedience, but as Creator says fear is their weapon and it will keep the numbers down. Electing representatives who will change the system is going to be more effective IMHO.
As for Jonathan R. Siegel's website purporting to be a nice, neat package showing that "you" are liable for income tax, you can read the truth at the Original Intent website. Click on the "Education" tab and just go down the list of articles. If you take the time to research this, you will find that Siegel is nothing more than just another shill and apologist for IRS lies, which are mostly "word games." As Dave Champion might say, "Siegel's got no game."
I agree that patriots should run for office, but even the vast majority of the "little guys" out here can make a SUBSTANTIAL difference by:
Finally, the constitution does not need to be changed whatsover to eliminate the income tax and its ilk - it just needs to be heeded. The sixteenth ammendment did NOT confer upon congress any new power of taxation: see this particular Original Intent page:
I will repeat what I have been repeating all along, as a warning since I worked for the IRS:
Take each and everyone one of these websites as political commentary or as a blue print for political action. If the website suggests lobbying, or politicking, or trying to change the law, great and good.
If the website tells you not to pay taxes, then you need to understand that you will pay the price. Even if you don't go to jail, you will have your finances and credit ruined, and you will find that the government can and will hound you for the rest of your days.
I have no problem with the idea of removing income taxes -- but some of these websites have at BEST a seriously skewed view of just how powerful and dangerous IRS Enforcement is, and how dangerous it is to dick with these people.
Yes, kiddies, do attend to what Logical Premise has to say.
From the very heart of "the Beast" he knows the IRS is ruthless, lawless, and fundamentally evil. The IRS will seek to destroy you if you refuse to bow down to them.
Nevertheless, ask yourself: Do you really want to continue living in a country that is no longer any more than a sham facade of freedom, but is at its core a totalitarian state with a populace motivated by fear?
It is far past time for Americans to stand up and fight for liberty, to count the cost, and then to pay it. No, not in foreign wars, right here and against the domestic enemies that our federal agencies have become.
No one has gone to jail for following my and Logical Premise's advice. You may pick and choose quotes, as well as demonize those who contradict you, but the fact is, if people follow your advice, they do risk going to jail.
Every single tax 'protester' who has gone before a judge and presented the 'evidence' you offer here have been found guilty. Each of those people now have a criminal record and are unable to vote to change the system.
I wonder how long it will be before some of these people decide to come back and legally go after people like 'creator' who offered them advice that landed them in jail?
Quick question Creator. Do you file and pay taxes? Are you leading by 'example'? Why not post your real name so you can stand up and say- I am a patriot and I am protesting taxes, instead of hiding in the shadows behind a pseudonym.
A real patriot would want to announce who he is
so he can take his fights to the courts.
Are you a real patriot? Announce to the world
who you are then so you can take this to the next
level and fight it in courts.
First, I offer no "legal advice" whatsoever here. This article is presented in the interest of having people become aware enough of the issues to educate themselves.
My advice, if any, boils down to this: If you understand what's at stake and are able to, grow a pair; if not, keep on licking the hand of your masters and may your chains rest lightly on you, but don't condemn those who are doing something.
And don't promote lies like "Every single tax 'protester'... etc." While it's true that many have been and will continue to be "steamrolled" by the system, they have counted and paid the cost. Don't try to diminish their noble effort by pointing out that they can no longer vote; their sacrifice on your behalf has done far, far more to advance the cause of liberty than your vote ever will.
I have known about the FED and the abuse of power by our politicos for years, ever since the old legislator said on the MovieTone News at the local theater in 1943 that they were going to take just a little bit out of each paycheck, and ever since I read the speeches before congress by Louis T. McFadden in 1913 arguing against the Federal Reserve Act.
But, I have stayed within the system and tried my best to educate everyone I know for years. The few people I know that have protested eventually had to pony up, especially when they had increased income. If they did not get it right, the IRS would just estimate their income and take the WHOLE BLESSED THING.
So, let's fight them in the congress. You will never win in the corrupt courts. For Pete's sake, the courts are part of the system.
When it comes to "fighting them in the congress," http://downsizedc.org is unparalleled when it comes to an absolutely ingenious approach to exerting non-partisan pressure on congress.
IMHO, while I wouldn't give up on "voting in" Liberty candidates like Ron Paul, the Downsize DC approach of forcing our representatives to actually represent us is potentially FAR more effective than the "throw the bums out" approach of voting. After all, there are millions of us and only about 600 of them.
Creator, I read the mission statement from downsize and it seems the thrust is petition and people pressure. There is only one thing to which most of those in power will respond. There are two immutable rules; the first is that it is always about money; the second is don't forget the first rule!
Now, do you think we could get 500-thousand committed folks who want constitutional government again? And, if we could do you think they would pay $10 per month dues? Now, the jackasses will listen to you.
That is exactly how the NEA, the Jewish Lobby, and the others get what they want. How about the good guys doing it the same way?
Posted By: patrick henry
Date: 2008-04-23 12:30:58
First of all screw any tax to include the "fair tax" no tax is fair no matter what name you put on it, like the PATRIOT ACT is against PATRIOTS.
PAUL MICHAEL STEVENS, Clarksville, TN (non-tax payer), heres your chance to get me LP, call your totalitarian henchmen buddies at the Internal Rape Service.
Try looking up any Federal Tax case that has gone to the US Supreme Court since 1894, the US Supreme Court has stated numerous times (Stratton Independance vs. Hobart, Stanton vs. Baltic Minning, Southern Pacific vs. Lowe just to name a few) "that the 16th amend confers no new powers of taxation to the federal government."
People need to understand and study the act of jury nullification.
It would e very hard for the politicians to stand up to this scam, these people are not above killing Presidents, look at JFK and his issuance of Treasury notes essentially negating the FEDS power by offering competing means of exchange. Kinda funny he got whacked a week later, by some lone stooly with a pisspoor rifle on a moving target. Only us the people resisting enmass will change the current state of slavery we are being subjected to.
The 2nd tennat of the Communist Manifesto " Heavy progressive INCOME tax"
Taxes are laid upon corporate gains. Your labor is your property, not a corporate gain. You exchange your labor (property of trade) for money. What if I put a roof on your house in exchange for 4 cows? Do I have to give the Fed one of those four cows? NO THIS IS A SCAM, and until we all find the courage not to be intimidated by the FED we will continue to live as serfs.
By hey think of Gordon Kahl, dont pay taxes and they will shoot you in the back of the head then burn your body.
I love my benevolent, communist government that uses fear and violence amongst my countrymen and women.
It'll soon be 100 years since the federal reserve act and I think we should commorate by changing tax day from April 15th to December 23rd, just to remind us we are not qualified to mint and coin our own money and we must pay for the privilige to live because we really do have alienable rights, you see we are all from God, so when you speak of people you speak of God, that is why you can replace 'God' with 'people' and it makes better sense, ie "God has been good to me, makes more sense to day People have been good to me" God is not a third party, if he were he could take the poorest of the poor and be good to them, with clean water, food, housing and all the things for a healthy and weathy 'good' life. Paying your labor tax two days before Christmas should help drive home the point that we legalized slavery in 1913 by giving up control of our money supply.
Patrick Henry: I think I am in love! You get it! These other fucktards may not ever understand. I have been fighting this fight for over 5 years now, and the ultimate price I may pay will still all be worth it. I do this for my kid, and the kind (and kindly version) of country I want her to inherit since we allowed this mess to happen. FIJA the jury-educating org. is wonderful, and I urge all to get their pamphlet. American patriots on juries can NULLIFY bad and un-constitutional laws, and we SHOULD as our patriotic duty.
BTW, LLOYD KEMPSON and Spence are NeoCon trolls posting vile, traitorous trash here at Nolan. BE GONE!
Posted By: ANDREW HOHMANN
Date: 2008-04-26 23:14:46
A more clear definition of Employee is US CODE Title 5 section 2105.
Title 26 defines income earned by "employees", 98% of the people living in this nation are not "employees".
Search for Title 26 section 7701. Look for the link to Cornell Law Library. Scroll down the page to the definition of "United States". Unless one lives within the 10 square mile area known as the District of Columbia, or by extension, one of it's properties, one does not live in the U.S. in the context of Title 26, the basis of IRS "law". For 98% of this nations population, the IRS Form 1040 is the wrong form to use. Submitting a falsified federal document is a violation of federal law. Impersonating a "US Citizen" is a violation of federal law. The correct form for most Americans is IRS Form 1040NR.
The IRS has an interesting Publication 1a, Catalog Number 64732W, Your Rights as a Non Taxpayer.
To the issue "show me the law!" I point out the 16th Amendment conveyed no new taxing authority. The taxing authority predates the 16th Amendment. The Congress has taxing authority upon a federally granted privelege, the privelge of being a federal employee. Having a Socoal Security Number identifies one as a federal employee. A privelege can be taxed. Furthermore, citizens of the "U.S." ie. the District of Columbia, enjoy the "privelege" of federal citizenship. State Nationals, ie. citizens of one of the several states, are non residents of the District of Columbia, and alien to it's jurisdiction. The IRS has authority over "U.S." citizens wherever they may reside.
The proper status of most Americans living in one of the several states united, is National, State National, Transient Foriegner, or Non Resident Alien.
In 1995 the IRS Commissioner testifying before Congress said, The liquor tax is mandatory, the income tax is voulentary, the difference is a plain as night and day.
Non Taxpayers do not protest legitimate taxes. We are not "tax protestors". We protest unlawful government tyrany and oppression.
A site with extensive educational research material is www.sedm.org
Thank you for your comments, and particularly for the reference to http://sedm.org , an organization with which I was not previously familiar. I will be examining that site with interest, time permitting.
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Have you even heard of a "nontaxpayer" before? Wouldn't it be unpatriotic not to "pay your taxes" like everyone else?