It seems that the only chance the American taxpayer has is to organize a non-violent movement dedicated to withholding certain taxes; civil disobedience a la Thoreau. The problem with that is there is this recently engrained sense of entitlement within most Americans. This sense of entitlement breeds a sense of dependence. Coupled with the dependence is fear. I see some of it in my own household; my husband fears prison even more than I do, and therefore we would never consider not filing a legally accurate return.

I guess you knew most of that, but I wanted to let you know where I ended after some really heavy reading.

Doesn’t really matter though…result count most.

btw you should post this at LFV, and for that matter my site too!

But the courts and the lawyers think they covered that gap with the income tax amendment. What I mean is that it doesn’t matter whether they did or didn’t, they think they did and they have all the best weapons.

In tax protest cases sometimes the arguments are very compelling but the courts consistently don’t care…
…The main reason that I say it don’t matter is because as soon as the SCOTUS says income tax is not constitutional Congress will enact legislation making it constitutional or something retroactively equivalent. There is no way the feds are going to let go of a multi-trillion dollar revenue stream.

And that is the problem. If the courts do not act in a constitutionally sound way, the matter can’t be addressed. If they do, the cat’s out of the bag and the public might wake up to a new country.

That’s the equivalent of a 2006 taxable income of $403,000.00

I read the linked story and you’re right the arguments were clear and concise. But the courts and the lawyers think they covered that gap with the income tax amendment. What I mean is that it doesn’t matter whether they did or didn’t, they think they did and they have all the best weapons.

In tax protest cases sometimes the arguments are very compelling but the courts consistently don’t care. There are a few exceptions, that FedEx pilot comes to mind. But she was cleared because she believed that she did not have an obligation to file not because she did not have an obligation to file.

The main reason that I say it don’t matter is because as soon as the SCOTUS says income tax is not constitutional Congress will enact legislation making it constitutional or something retroactively equivalent. There is no way the feds are going to let go of a multi-trillion dollar revenue stream.

And you know what? They ain’t serving Cabernet at Terminal Island Federal Penitentiary.

Me? I’d be delighted if they abolished income tax tomorrow. I might be out of a job but I had a job before this one.

I also think that income tax is an important lesson to all about why it is so important to stop even the most innocuous sounding legislation from passing. After all, income tax will never be anything but a tax on the filthy rich.