Take this THIRD little test to see whether you're
thoroughly-equipped to run rescue missions into the dark
thickets of misunderstanding and misdirection and lead lost
souls back to the path, and to raise the consciousness of
those not yet in motion.
The Quiz:
upon the accrued
salary or wages of any officer, employee, or elected
official, of the United States, the District of
Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
c.
Only after liability has been established and 1. notice
that the government is asserting its claim and 2. demand
for satisfaction, have been made.
d.
All of the above.
8. The "Paperwork Reduction Act":
a.
Has the effect of nullifying any statutory obligation on
anyone to file a tax return.
b.
Is irrelevant to anyone's need to file a return.
c.
Is relevant to tax return filing because a tax return is
an information-collection instrument, not a testimonial
instrument.
d.
All of the above.
9. IRS efforts to hinder liberty-minded political
organizations between early 2010 and the 2012 election:
a.
Are a great practical example of why the Founders put
strict limits on federal tax power.
b.
Provide a wonderful opportunity to explain to those in
the targeted organizations that they DON'T really need
"501(c)(4)" approval, and why.
c.
Are just the latest in a series of similar efforts of
those running the state to secure themselves in power by
exploiting the diligently-nurtured widespread
misunderstanding of the true nature of the income tax
over the past 70 years.
d.
All of the above.
10. The warrantless federal wiretaps of journalists (and
of everyone else) revealed in 2013:
a.
Are bad enough by themselves, but are really just a
symptom of the much larger, much more dangerous fact
that the state is no longer restrained by limited access
to resources as planned by the Framers, due to
widespread ignorance about federal tax powers
heavily-cultivated by the state and its clients and
cronies over the last 70 years.
b.
Are part of a campaign to control what Americans know
about efforts by state operatives to secure themselves
in power and reward themselves and their clients and
cronies at the expense of everyone else.
c.
Both (a) and (b).
d.
None of the above.
11. Tax-reform proposals, even those calling for the
abolition of the income tax:
a.
Are unnecessary because reform is not needed; all that
is needed is scrupulous state respect for the spirit and
letter of the laws as written.
b.
Are actually harmful and ill-intended in that they serve
to obscure from view the true nature of existing tax law
and its highly desirable imposition of the income tax on
(and only on) profit-taking beneficiaries of state
privileges such as the operators of the state and their
cronies and are meant to undo that benign and desirable
structure of law.
c.
Would, in the case of "reform" involving a national
sales tax, just increase the degree to which the shift
of control over resources from individuals to the
collective (which is to say, to those making decisions
in the name of the collective) is concealed from view
and goes unremarked and unrestrained, and would further
habituate Americans to the false and pernicious notion
that the state has an interest in, and authority over,
all economic activity of all persons.
d.
All of the above.
12. When spreading the word of the truth about the
income tax and urging one's fellow Americans to rise to
their responsibilities, one can and should:
a.
Explain the moral issues-- the obligation on everyone to
speak the truth about themselves and others (and to say
nothing not known to a moral certainty about anyone
else, especially in a context of possible legal
consequences).
b.
Explain the societal/political issues-- that the
legitimacy of a government depends on it being organized
and maintained only with the consent of affected
individuals and the practical reality of that consent is
only achieved when a government is scrupulously
subjected to a real and proper rule of law and a
meaningful diffusion of power.
c.
Explain the horrors of the unrestrained state and the
moral, personal and practical glories of the liberty
that blossoms when the state is thoroughly restrained by
individual citizens empowered and active in looking out
for their own interests in the exercise of control over
their own property and the fruits of their labors.
d.
All of the above.
Score =
SCORING
0 - 24% correct: I'm afraid you've gotten your "education"
exclusively from the IRS.
25 - 49% correct: Your heart's in the right place, but you
haven't yet started down the path to knowledge.
50 - 74% correct: You're well on the path, but still have
some studying to do.
75 - 99% correct: You're on the very verge of
self-empowerment...
Question 1: Who said: "It ain't what ya don't know that
hurts ya. What really puts a hurtin' on ya is what ya knows
for sure, that just ain't so..."?
a. Mr. Rogers.
b. Mr. T.
c. Uncle Jay.
d. Uncle Remus.
Correct response: "d. Uncle Remus" (but I bet
Uncle Jay has said the same in different words...)
Question 2: The IRS is an agency of:
a. The United States Department of Treasury.
b. The Puerto Rico Department of Treasury.
c. The Queen of England.
d. Aliens from Jupiter.
Correct response: "a. The United States Department of
Treasury". Click
here for some information related to this subject.
Question 3: There IS a law providing for the imposition of
liability for the income tax on ANYBODY under certain
circumstances.
a. True.
b. False.
c. That's not what my "law study" group says...
d. You're just a hater!
Correct response: "a. True". Click
here
for some information related to this subject.
Question 4: Treasury Decision 2313 declares that the income
tax only applies to non-resident aliens.
a. True.
b. False.
c. You mean only non-resident aliens and foreign-source
income!
d. Are these the "aliens from Jupiter" I heard about
earlier?
Correct response: "b. False". Click
here for some relevant observations.
Question 5: The U.S. Constitution's apportionment
requirements and other tax-limitation provisions applicable
within the several states also apply:
a. Everywhere else.
b. In Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
c. On Jupiter.
d. Nowhere else.
Correct response: "a. Everywhere else". Click
here for some relevant observations.
Question 6: In the ten years that
CtC has been in print, during which tens of thousands of
Americans have been continuously acting on the information
in the book and securing
every possible kind of state-restraining, law-enforcing
victory; and over the entirety of which intense efforts
have been undertaken by the state to suppress the book and
its information and to discourage people from acting on that
information; tax agencies, government attorneys and the
courts have actually disputed some assertion in the book
about the law or its meaning and application:
a. Never.
b. Twice.
c. Many times.
d. Is persistent mischaracterization of what is said in
the book a form of "dispute"?
Correct response: "a. Never". Click
here,
here and
here for some relevant observations.
Question 7: A levy can legally be made:
a. Against anyone who actually owes a tax.
b. By "notice of levy" alone only upon the accrued
salary or wages of any officer, employee, or elected
official, of the United States, the District of
Columbia, or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
c. Only after liability has been established and 1.
notice that the government is asserting its claim and 2.
demand for satisfaction, have been made.
d. All of the above.
Correct response: "d. All of the above". Click
here and
here for some relevant observations.
Question 8: The "Paperwork Reduction Act":
a. Has the effect of nullifying any statutory obligation
on anyone to file a tax return.
b. Is irrelevant to anyone's need to file a return.
c. Is relevant to tax return filing because a tax return
is an information-collection instrument, not a
testimonial instrument.
d. All of the above.
Correct response: "b. Is irrelevant to anyone's need to file
a return". Click
here for some relevant observations, and
here, too.
Question 9: IRS efforts to hinder liberty-minded political
organizations between early 2010 and the 2012 election:
a. Are a great practical example of why the Founders put
strict limits on federal tax power.
b. Provide a wonderful opportunity to explain to those
in the targeted organizations that they DON'T really
need "501(c)(4)" approval, and why.
c. Are just the latest in a series of similar efforts of
those running the state to secure themselves in power by
exploiting the diligently-nurtured widespread
misunderstanding of the true nature of the income tax
over the past 70 years.
d. All of the above.
Correct response: "d. All of the above". Click
here for some relevant information.
Question 10: The warrantless federal wiretaps of journalists
(and of everyone else) revealed in 2013:
a. Are bad enough by themselves, but are really just a
symptom of the much larger, much more dangerous fact
that the state is no longer restrained by limited access
to resources as planned by the Framers, due to
widespread ignorance about federal tax powers
heavily-cultivated by the state and its clients and
cronies over the last 70 years.
b. Are part of a campaign to control what Americans know
about efforts by state operatives to secure themselves
in power and reward themselves and their clients and
cronies at the expense of everyone else.
c. Both (a) and (b).
d. None of the above.
Correct response: "c. Both (a) and (b)". Click
here
for some relevant observations.
Question 11: Tax-reform proposals, even those calling for
the abolition of the income tax:
a. Are unnecessary because reform is not needed; all
that is needed is scrupulous state respect for the
spirit and letter of the laws as written.
b. Are actually harmful and ill-intended in that they
serve to obscure from view the true nature of existing
tax law and its highly desirable imposition of the
income tax on (and only on) profit-taking beneficiaries
of state privileges such as the operators of the state
and their cronies and are meant to undo that benign and
desirable structure of law.
c. Would, in the case of "reform" involving a national
sales tax, just increase the degree to which the shift
of control over resources from individuals to the
collective (which is to say, to those making decisions
in the name of the collective) is concealed from view
and goes unremarked and unrestrained, and would further
habituate Americans to the false and pernicious notion
that the state has an interest in, and authority over,
all economic activity of all persons.
d. All of the above.
Correct response: "d. All of the above". Click
here and
here for some relevant observations.
Question 12: When spreading the word of the truth about the
income tax and urging one's fellow Americans to rise to
their responsibilities, one can and should:
a. Explain the moral issues-- the obligation on everyone
to speak the truth about themselves and others (and to
say nothing not known to a moral certainty about anyone
else, especially in a context of possible legal
consequences).
b. Explain the societal/political issues-- that the
legitimacy of a government depends on it being organized
and maintained only with the consent of affected
individuals and the practical reality of that consent is
only achieved when a government is scrupulously
subjected to a real and proper rule of law and a
meaningful diffusion of power.
c. Explain the horrors of the unrestrained state and the
moral, personal and practical glories of the liberty
that blossoms when the state is thoroughly restrained by
individual citizens empowered and active in looking out
for their own interests in the exercise of control over
their own property and the fruits of their labors.
d. All of the above.
Correct response: "d. All of the above". Click
here,
here,
here
and
here for some relevant observations.
