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The News Current Events and Continuing Education for March 19 through April 1, 2018 “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” -James Madison
"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." - Thomas Paine C'mon! CtC can't be right! You're crazy! If CtC were actually right, it would mean the government's been concealing and denying the truth for years on end, and everybody knows THAT would never happen... (Edward Snowden, come home! It was all just a bad dream; there really is No Such Agency!)
Do you know someone truly steeped in the Kool-Aid?
I mean someone who finds it easier to believe that the far-better-educated, far-more-suspicious-of-government Americans of a hundred years ago were complete morons who granted authority to the state to take whatever it wished from themselves and their posterity than to imagine that they themselves simply misunderstand the true nature of the income tax? Even while knowing that their beliefs about the tax are derived entirely from the representations of those who profit from those beliefs (like tax bureaucrats and "tax professionals")?
Do you know someone like that? Shake them awake with the latest (fifteenth) edition of CtC!
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Fear nothing but God *** -Samuel Adams *** A Fascinating New Crack In The Ice The intention is resistance, but the effect is surrender. SCOTT AND CHRISTIN PHELPS shared two victories on these pages a few weeks ago. One is a complete recovery of everything withheld and given to Oklahoma during 2016. The other is a federal "victory-in-progress" for the same year. In the latter case, the United States has acknowledged that Scott and Christin had no "income" in 2016, whether the variety called "wages" or otherwise. It thereby also acknowledged that they were entitled to the return of everything withheld from them (which was all from Scott's earnings). This is all good and normal for CtC-educated filers. And four months or so after their return was filed, the U.S. Treasury made a nice deposit into Scott and Christin's bank account. HOWEVER, IN SCOTT AND CHRISTIN'S CASE the government has been taking a shot at keeping some of the money withheld from them, despite its unambiguous acknowledgements. The approach, to begin with, was to refuse to admit the total amount withheld from Scott Scott had not just had the $3720.60 withheld as nominal "federal income tax" which the United States returned (with interest) by that direct deposit into Scott and Christin's bank account. A slightly larger amount ($4787.45) had also been withheld from Scott as income surtaxes under the FICA provisions. The government has been trying to keep this latter amount, even while having agreed that Scott did nothing that can cause any liability for these taxes to arise. AT FIRST THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO ARGUE that even though it all appears as part of Scott and Christin's perfectly normal tax return, Scott's documentation of the total amounts withheld somehow isn't good enough. This despite having the same information from the private-sector automotive component manufacturer for which Scott works, and no contradictory information at all. After Scott shot off a firm rebuttal of this nonsense, the IRS sent the notice seen above, in which it acknowledged that Scott had had no "wages" (thus agreeing that he was entitled to the return of all Chapter 24 withholdings, and also all Chapter 21 withholdings, which are only valid when Chapter 24 withholding applies). But as seen, the notice simply falsifies the total amount withheld from him ($8508.05). This was followed soon after by the deposit into Scott and Christin's bank account of the partial refund. Perhaps this was an effort to persuade the couple to just take a little vacation and leave well-enough alone. Scott and Christin didn't just go on vacation. They again fired off a response, but until two weeks ago had been met with silence from the apparently conflicted and confused tax agency. (You can see a more comprehensive discussion of these earlier events here.) SO, BASED JUST ON PRIOR EVENTS, Scott and Christin's federal victory-in-progress was already both entertaining and instructive. But now this little story has taken a fascinating turn, with an unprecedented left-hand admission by the IRS that can only be seen as a last-ditch desperate effort to pull itself out of the tar pit. Two weeks or so ago, Scott and Christin received this "LTR916C" from the agency in an apparent response (seven months later) to their exasperated August 14, 2017 letter to the agency after receiving only half their claimed refund. Here's the "money" portion of this remarkable agency dodge-notice:
WOW!!! WE'LL GET TO THE GOOD PART in a bit. First, though, let's observe that the implicit assertion made here is both frivolous and absurd. To begin with, it is not the agency's business or authority to make "confirmations". If the agency actually has reason to believe, and wants to assert, that Scott received federal, taxable receipts (rather than receipts which were misidentified as "wages", as Scott declared by way of his Form 4852), it can (and must) produce a return of its own contrary to Scott and Christin's and/or assert a "deficiency", with any "confirmations" of what is then and thereby actually put into controversy to be determined by an adversarial legal proceeding. Secondly, the agency has already agreed that Scott's receipts were private, no-federal and non-taxable, and has admitted this, on paper, repeatedly. It has expressly agreed that the Phelps' had no income in 2016, and no "wages", saying the former explicitly and the latter implicitly, by returning everything withheld from Scott under the Chapter 24 "wage" withholding protocols. In fact, the new notice itself says that Scott had no "wages" against which the FICA withholdings the agency proposes to keep can be validated, by again asserting that the complete refund of Chapter 24 withholdings already made is proper and correct! (This admission, btw, imposes a legal requirement on the agency to return the FICA withholdings to Scott and Christin, with no latitude for "confirmational" coyness.) BUT THAT REPEATED ADMISSION IS NOT THE CHERRY on this ice cream sundae. Such confirmations are routine for CtC-educated filers (and the vast majority just get all the withheld amounts back without any fuss or resistance at all). No, the cherry on top here is the very overt acknowledgement that private, non-federal receipts are, in fact, non-taxable. You've gotta love it! No pretense about there being no such thing as non-taxable receipts. Just a pretense about the agency having the authority to keep FICA withholdings unless they can "confirm" that they were withheld from non-taxable receipts. I guess the particular robot struggling with Scott and Christin's educated claim had a shield-failure when typing this LTR916C. Or maybe a moment of grace. I'm going to keep a happy thought, and go with the latter. But... Watch out for that robot! I THINK IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE!!
Friends! The Eleventh Annual Declaration Day Party is less than four months away!! It'll be Saturday, June 30, here in beautiful Commerce Twp., Michigan, so make your plans!! Meantime, join me in beautiful Bolton, Vermont for an income tax seminar next month! Click on the image below for the details
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend It's Time To Go To Congress, People What's going on here is simply too corrupt and too destructive to be tolerated. FRIENDS, IT'S TIME TO RATTLE THE CONGRESSIONAL CAGE about deliberate lies about the law posted on the IRS website. The deployment of these falsehoods and misstatements of the law is outrageous and intolerable. It is also in defiance of the enactments of Congress, as well as of the Constitution that all these folks are oath-bound to protect and defend. I am therefore urging all law-respecting Americans to begin a vigorous campaign to bring this corrupt and pernicious executive-branch behavior to the attention of Congress. I urge everyone to contact each of his or her congressional representatives and demand that the tax agency be ordered to clean up its act and stop spreading lies about the law. Here is a sample of the sort of message I'm talking about (which anyone who wishes can use as is by copying and pasting into an email; there is a WORD .doc version provided at the end for snail-mail delivery):
CONTACT INFO for congressional reps, both House and Senate, can be found here. Some of these folks offer real email addresses; some offer just a form. All will provide physical mail addresses. Actual snail-mail is probably the best method to use for maximum likelihood of serious attention. A WORD .doc version of this letter can be downloaded here. Email would be a close second best. The "contact forms" some provide in lieu of email addresses are probably useless for this kind of issue. C'MON, PEOPLE! Let's shake the halls of power with the liberating truth! And spread this around everywhere you can, enlisting others to participate. You don't have to be focused on (or even conscious of) the truth about the tax as an issue in particular to recognize your interest in the IRS being made to conform to the law, and stopped from lying about the tax. Especially this time of year, right? NOTE: This very important call to action is permalinked here.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend The Annual Month Of Claptrap And Disinformation Is Underway It's the capstone of the season of truth and lies. AS OF MID-LAST WEEK, America has been in its annual 30 days or so of serious disinformation efforts by the beneficiaries of the "ignorance tax". These efforts are a little variable in form, but all are intended to discourage folks from filing educated returns. The efforts will include attacks on me and my work, in a hundred different forms and by alleged "tax honesty" people as well as "mainstream" and "official" voices (see some discussion of that latter variety here). Claims will circulate about CtC-educated filers being penalized and prosecuted and kicked out of Kiwanis. There will also be the usual "be afraid of the IRS" messages that will show up even in your local newspapers, and have been doing so since I was a toddler. AS WELL, WE WILL SEE commentaries by every pundit and "guru" from the deepest fringe to the most mainstream-ish who claims to know something about the tax will be thick on the ground. All will be designed-- subtly or more directly-- to encourage non-filing amongst the community of what can be called tax activists. These false and harmful commentaries will include claims that the income tax is unconstitutional or otherwise illegal. They will include claims that the tax only falls on corporations, or on foreigners, or on earnings from foreign sources (or, in the reverse of this nonsense, that it only falls on US citizens, whether spelled with a capital "c" or a lower-case "c"). They will claim that the tax is residency-dependent, or that the tax arises because of one's "election" to be a taxable entity, or because one files a return. Some of these false and harmful commentaries will claim the tax began in 1913. Or that it just exists to soak up excess FRNs. Or that if we didn't have the income tax taking everyone's wealth the government would just print all it needs to stay fat and sassy. Every one of these efforts-- smears, lies, ignorant commentaries and all, will have as their end effect, even if not always their deliberate goal, the discouragement of those taken in by them from learning the real truth about the tax and doing the one thing that empowers Americans against the tax's misapplication: filing educated tax returns. IF YOU WANT TO WIN THE WAR this year (and that's what everyone should be shooting for), you have to respond to these efforts with rebuttal and denunciation. Left un-debunked and un-denounced, these disinformation efforts WILL be effective, and WILL deprive YOU of needed companions on the march down the correct and fruitful path.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE IT TO ME (or anyone else) to do these chores. I won't ever even see 999 out of a thousand of these efforts. When YOU see one of these posts, or get an email spreading the harmful nonsense, you must post a rebuttal and a denunciation, or "reply to all" with them. Each person must choose his or her own expressions, of
course, but in my view it's way past time for courtesies other than
the most rudimentary in responding to these mole, troll and moron
efforts Those claiming guru or pundit status are thereby asserting a background of honest and scrupulous research and knowledge regarding the tax. At this point no one actually so credentialed can possibly be unaware of CtC. Thus, any alleged "gurus" or "pundits" who do anything except direct their readers/viewers to losthorizons.com and CtC should be assumed to be either misrepresenting their credentials or deliberately misinforming those readers or viewers. They, in particular, are entitled to no forgiveness. I FEEL LIKE I AM LATELY asking a lot of everyone. But I do so in the certain knowledge that you all know the stakes; recognize your personal interest in this battle; and have an abiding respect for the rule of law and an abiding love of liberty. If I'm right, you will all step up to this task, as well as to the others I have put forward. We are in the end-game, now. I don't know how long it will take to play out, but I know that it demands a large degree of focus. This means pushing aside the temptation to let attention be sucked into whatever political theater is the news of the day or whatever fake news is being exploited by the mainstream media and derided by the alt-media. We have a transformational opportunity in reach which, once realized, will make all those houses of cards collapse. We WILL realize it, if we put forth and sustain a big effort now. Be the voice of CtC, loud, proud-- right now, and until you are echoed by everyone around you. If you do that, the truth will prevail, and it will set you free.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend The Law, In Seven Pages Really. HERE IS HOW THE SCHEME WORKS, IN 8 PAGES. HERE IS HOW TO OVERCOME THE SCHEME AND ENFORCE THE LAW, IN 256 PAGES. Share these all, everywhere you can. Be your most creative self in sending and "selling" these links. Do memes; make gifs; respond to everything in the news that would be or have been better had the state been small, or if Americans kept their money for their own uses. If you pay attention to the news and train yourself to apply these perspectives, you will see a dozen things of which you can make use in awakening other Americans to the virtues of having the income tax correctly administered. Please, for my sake, for your own sake, for the sake of your children and their future, make that use.
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The Irwin Effect A good man has inadvertently left a problematic legacy. I HAD AN EPIPHANY RECENTLY concerning the trouble we all have trying to open certain eyes to the truths about the income tax. My own eye-opening came after corresponding with a long-time "tax honesty" guy who exhibited what I am dubbing the "Irwin Effect"-- a strong influence on his perceptions of income-tax-related matters by virtue of exposure to Irwin Schiff and his story. Though it's easy to forget as time goes on, Irwin's "heyday" was the real deal. Schiff appeared as early as 1978 on NBC's 'The Tomorrow Show' with Tom Snyder, conducted seminars all over the country for years, was a C-Span-covered candidate for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in 1996 and was featured in Aaron Russo's very widely-seen 'Freedom to Fascism'. As recently as 2005, Irwin had the ear of very large audiences on shows like George Noory's 'Coast to Coast'. Irwin Schiff had a message many, many people found very compelling, and the support of a very large and very devoted army of followers, who magnified the effect of his individual efforts exponentially. He influenced the perceptions of a lot of Americans regarding the income tax. UNFORTUNATELY, IRWIN'S MESSAGE was wrong-- well, partly wrong, anyway. The overall message of "Irwin Schiff, the phenomenon" was entirely wrong. Here's what Irwin got right: The income tax is systematically misapplied. In popularizing that perspective, Irwin did a very good thing. Many, many people-- including me-- were encouraged to look closely at something that the government does not want closely scrutinized. But that was about it. Irwin Schiff didn't really understand the tax. For instance, Irwin didn't understand the scope of the tax and the true nature of its objects. While he recognized it as an excise he didn't really grasp all the implications of that fact. Irwin had no idea about the real legal character of FICA taxes; nor that today's tax remains the same one first imposed in 1862. Nor did Irwin have any idea of the meaning of "capitation" and its significance in qualifying the income tax and its limits. Most significantly, perhaps (at least from a practical standpoint), Irwin did not understand the legal dynamics of the tax-- especially the role played by "information returns". He suffered from many other misunderstandings and faulty conclusions, as well. I SAY ALL THESE THINGS with respect and affection. Irwin Schiff did the best he could with limited resources-- most particularly the limitations imposed on everyone during his research period for lack of digitalized data that could be accessed and processed with computer power. But forgivable as Irwin's mistakes may be, the real issue today is that a huge number of people arrived at key perceptions of the income tax by paths carved through the prior cognitive wilderness by Irwin Schiff. SOME OF THESE "IRWIN EFFECT" folks came to believe that Irwin knew what he was talking about. These folks ended up with an enervating conclusion that "you can't fight City Hall, no matter how right you are" after seeing nothing practical come of all his efforts (a mere handful of refunds allegedly secured by followers over all those years but with no details provided and never even an argument on behalf of reclaiming erroneously withheld FICA surtaxes) and Irwin end his days in prison. These folks won't listen to anything critiquing or conflicting with Irwin's teachings, and at the same time are largely sidelined. Many settled into the disastrous practice every tax agency loves to see: "non-filing". THOSE IN RANGE OF THE "IRWIN EFFECT" who didn't come to believe Irwin knew what he was talking about fell into a different cognitive trap. Even though not believing Irwin right these folks nonetheless saw him as a serious, capable and dedicated researcher. These folks were fully correct on the first and third of these assignments of character, and forgivably wrong on the second. Irwin was very articulate, always had some authorities to cite on behalf of his assertions, and was so self-confident as to radiate scorn of any failure to accept whatever he declared true. He appeared capable, to anyone who hadn't themselves done research into the same subject areas. The take-away for these folks, therefore, is that there is nothing to be found in parsing through the tax code. Surely (goes this latter line of thought), if there had been a big "Gotcha!" to be found in regard to the income tax Irwin Schiff would have found it. That he did not means that "it" isn't there at all. To those in this second "Irwin Effect" group, anyone who says that there is a "Gotcha!" to be found regarding the income tax must be incompetent or a charlatan. Paying attention to anything presented by such persons, they conclude, would be a waste of time. SO, I'M SURE YOU ALL SEE THE PROBLEM. Irwin Schiff had such a heyday that a very large number of Americans-- those over the age of forty, especially-- are subject to the "Irwin Effect" in one of the two versions outlined above. Those in the group that concluded Irwin was capable, dedicated and wrong are thoroughly represented in journalism, the legal profession and the academy. Consequently, in trying to garner the respectful or even just indifferent attention of anyone in this latter group-- even to just look at the evidence distinguishing CtC from the work of Irwin Schiff or anyone else in the tax honesty movement-- one has this big, well-entrenched mental speedbump to overcome. It can be a slog. Thus, this observation, under the theory that forewarned is forearmed. Maybe these insights will allow everyone more success in outreach to Irwin Effect-afflicted media figures and professionals. Maybe, too they will help in efforts to wake up some of that vast army of non-filers out there. P.S. It should go without saying that everything said abo e about the "Irwin Effect" is likewise true in regard to any other non-CtC "tax theorist" that ever captured anyone's attention. Thus, the "Irwin Effect" is duplicated for some by a "Larken Effect", or a "Crier Effect" or a "Bannister Effect" or a "Myrdland Effect" or a "SEDM Effect" or whatever. All of these folks, like Irwin Schiff, promoted (and in some cases still promote) errant notions about the tax, and anyone taken in by them will have ended up cynical and unlikely to be easily open to even the actual truth about the income tax. Indeed, there is good cause to suspect that this result is the purpose behind some of these "theories appearing in the tax honesty community, especially the more obviously ridiculous ones. See this page for more on that. *** AS NOTED ALREADY, IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD that everything I have said that is critical of Irwin Schiff's conclusions in the piece above is said reluctantly, and with no disrespect intended for Irwin Schiff, the man. I thought very highly of Irwin Schiff, and hold his memory in high esteem. As I said, Irwin influenced me in my early research into the tax beginning in the 1980s. I bought and read all of his books. In fact, in the early editions of CtC I included a very sincerely-meant "acknowledgements" reference to Irwin (and to a couple other folks also in the "tax honesty" movement whose efforts I have appreciated). I reluctantly removed that reference in later editions upon discovery that some folks weren't bothering to read the book due to imagining it to be just warmed-over Schiff propositions. These folks then actually discouraged others from reading CtC, by telling them what they thought the book must say.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend The Educated Filer's Tax-Time Flow-Chart It's not rocket science; in fact, it's this simple.
ADMITTEDLY, THIS IS A LITTLE overly-simplified, but just a little. Click on the chart to get a more complete picture, and then visit the Notes For Educated Filers/Educated Filer's Checklist page. It REALLY ISN'T rocket science; and you should explain that to everyone you know. Liberation of all Americans and the shrinking of Leviathan back to the size intended by the Framers is easily within reach. All that is needed is a little bit of effort on the part of those who already know the truth.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend The Newsroom Conversation That Will Change America ...once it can be made to take place. ALMOST AS REMARKABLE AS the story of CtC itself is the bizarre media silence about that story. It's as though a home remedy cure for cancer had been found, and no journalist would report it (because of what? fear of losing drug company advertising? or being mugged by the health care mafia?). Read about both stories here, and maybe YOU'LL be the one to figure out a solution to that silence.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend The Great Deception Every now and then this one needs re-release... ASSAULTS ON THE CONSTITUTION are disturbingly ubiquitous these days. Those wishing to be free of the hindrances presented by that fundamental legal instrument have succeeded in infecting major portions of the American intelligentsia with such thorough disinformation concerning the Constitution's origins, purposes and principles as to prompt constant articles against it. Many of these screeds, I'm sorry to say, are even churned out by otherwise fairly sound-thinking libertarians. (Some sects of libertarianism seem especially vulnerable to anti-Constitutional propaganda due to pipe-dream delusions about anarchic utopias). We in the grown-up community must stay alert to these erosions of something so important as the written fundamental law. Here is an effort at raising the alarm and passing out some intellectual ammunition against the enemies of the law.
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend ***** "Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." -Thomas Jefferson *** Doreen's Address Doreen Hendrickson 48564-039 FPC Alderson A-4 P.O. Box A Alderson, WV 24910 Letters, books (which must come in packages that are boldly-marked "Paperback Book Enclosed") and cards (which must actually be written in by the sender) are always much appreciated. Anyone wanting to put a few dollars in Doreen's "commissary account" can do so by sending a postal money order-- made payable to "Doreen Hendrickson 48564-039"-- to: Federal Bureau of Prisons Doreen Hendrickson 48564-039 P.O. Box 474701 Des Moines, IA 50947-0001
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend *** A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EVERYONE!!! DUE TO CHRONIC AND ESCALATING interferences by ISPs (or others) which have made newsletter emails an extremely time-consuming and increasingly unreliable announcement mechanism, I have transitioned to alternative announcement methods. These include:
If you choose one of these social media options (or use them in addition to other means, as I wish you would), PLEASE get the full value out of them by diligently "liking" and "retweeting" or "sharing" or "reposting" my posts! That will significantly improve their visibility to others, and very much help the cause!!
(Members of the state CtC Warrior forums in AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MI, MN, MO, NE, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA or WI, will continue to get the regular announcements if the membership is set to receive email updates.) NOTE: I will still not be engaging in correspondence by any of these alternative, social media means-- those wishing to correspond should continue to use email for this purpose.
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The craziness of the neo-con nutcases in Washington is starting to generate its predictable blowback, but on a much more dangerous scale than in the recent past. Based on relentless hostile rhetoric and steady efforts at military encirclement the Russian Federation Armed Forces Command has concluded that the United States intends to launch a pre-emptive nuclear attack on Russia. While this perception continues to be fed, the risk of a prophylactic Russian first strike exists and grows more perilous. The persistent, recently-escalated, plainly unfounded and deliberately provocative saber-rattling against Iran-- a long-time close ally and buffer-state of Russia's, the destabilization or regime-change within which would be another substantial threat factor-- has magnified the intensity of the peril. So, more than ever...
What You Need To Know If CtC Doesn't Spread Like Wildfire RIGHT NOW So The Nut-Cases Can Be Stripped Of Their Resources: NOT THAT "DUCK AND COVER" would do you or your kids any good, of course... The Russian Federation has 7,400 nuclear warheads and the means to deliver them. China is coming on strong, too, these days. Perhaps you imagine the US has some magical technological advantage that will protect us when all the nut-case bellicosity leads to its inevitable outcome? Read this, this, this, this and this. And in any event, don't forget the inescapable issue of nuclear winter and fallout-- the world-killing harm from either of which doesn't require even a single Russian or Chinese warhead to hit a target. Really, it's this simple:
Spread CtC's revelations like wild-fire.
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A Call To Action Or Two Nothing happens if you do nothing.
THE VIDEO OF MY JULY 16 PRESENTATION on judicial fraud to conceal the true legal character of the income tax is posted here. Everyone should see it and share it like crazy.* It is hugely powerful and WILL successfully educate even the most stubbornly skeptical and disengaged. Video of the Q&A session that followed that presentation can be seen here; this is also a "must see". *Here's a sample formulation for sharing: The American people have been victimized by massive and sustained corruption in the federal judiciary in order to fuel the ambitions of the Deep State. See the incontrovertible evidence at https://youtu.be/105GKdmJ9HU. This enormous harm can be remedied, but the path to that solution begins with widespread awareness of the problem. Please watch the film yourself, and please pass this wake-up call along as widely and urgently as possible. If you have a serious-minded group that you think will benefit from an in-person presentation on this long-running assault on the rule of law in America, contact me. Further... A call to action CLEARLY, THE MERE AIRING OF THE JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE CRIMES revealed in the presentation discussed above is not enough. What is revealed here is a vicious widespread plot to destroy our Constitutional republic. It can be stopped, and it must be stopped, and all culpable parties-- who have each and every one grossly betrayed and defiled the trust and honor the people of America have bestowed upon them-- should be harshly punished. Therefore... I call on every law-respecting journalist to raise the hue and cry about these outrages. I urge every American reading these words to join me in demanding action. Append this article or this video (or both) to an introductory note and a demand for action, and mail it to Jeff Sessions, Paul Ryan, your federal and state congressional delegations and to every journalist possible. This will ensure that these folks will be made aware of this matter, and cannot say otherwise as an excuse for inaction. Click on the name below for contact info: Journalists (this is a short list-- you may know or have access to more; send to all of them) Your mom, your dad, your sibs, your best friend, the guys and gals at the office or the plant, etc.-- you have these addresses or must find them on your own. ALSO!!! Send to law school faculty!!! Find schools, faculty names and contact info however you can and send! Send to every lawyer you can find. Understand, if YOU haven't shared this film with any given judge, prosecutor or attorney, he or she will not have ever seen any of the information presented. He or she will not only know nothing of the truth about the tax, but will believe the untruths about the tax which the falsifying officials exposed in the film (and in the text treatments of the same material here and here) have been peddling on behalf of the "ignorance tax" scheme. Don't make the mistake of imagining that "they all know the truth, and are part of a giant conspiracy against it." This is not true. Most of those folks have never seen even a single one of the authorities you have seen in these presentations. They never knew there was a reason to look for them. Certainly none of them have ever seen this material knowledgeably assembled and presented. YOU have to show it to them. If you haven't done so, assume that no one has. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
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****** On Criminal Complaints For Filing False IRs Getting practical on a core element of the "ignorance tax" scheme.
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." -Edward R. Murrow
What Is Paid For By The "Ignorance Tax" LOTS of very bad things... The U.S. Income Tax: An Excise On The Profitable Exploitation Of Federal Privilege The U.S. Ignorance Tax: The Profitable Exploitation of Confusion About The Income Tax I WAS IN A GROUP THE OTHER DAY in which I overheard, "The income tax just goes to pay the interest on the national debt!" Would that it were so... The statement is a long-standing misconstruction of something said by Peter Grace of the Reagan-era Grace Commission, which had been tasked with an analysis of the federal budget. Grace attempted to illustrate the significance of the federal debt burden by pointing out that the interest paid on that monstrous debt was so much as to more-or-less match the amount taken in by the income tax-- an amount that is a metaphorical synonym for "huge". Money, of course, is fungible, so even if the tax take were earmarked for the interest payment, that would simply free up other funds for other uses. Thus, the "earmarking " concept is illusory at best. Income tax revenue gets spent for any and all government purposes, just as is true of every other dime that goes into the general fund. Further, Grace undervalued the income tax dramatically. This is because Grace didn't understand that FICA (Social security and Medicare) taxes are just income "surtaxes"-- meaning income taxes like any others, despite the misleading application-specific label of "employment taxes". As a result of this misunderstanding Grace failed to factor this additional enormous amount into his casual analogy. The reality is that the income tax take-- by which we really mean the "ignorance tax" take, since we're talking about the amount captured by government through exploitation of ignorance about what is really subject to the income tax under the law-- is many times the amount paid in interest on the national debt. Last year, for instance, the interest payment was about $432 billion. The ignorance tax total was a whopping $3.9 trillion. MY POINT HERE IS NOT TO CRITIQUE THE GRACE REPORT, however. I'm only interested in stopping its mistakes from being repeated and persisting as a false "factoid". The reason I'm concerned is that the throw-off, "It just goes to pay the interest on the national debt..." line, though not meant as, or in support of, anything but a disparagement of the tax, actually serves to minimize or conceal the horrendous evil for which the tax really does pay. Lets look at a small sampling of the things made possible by the ignorance tax:
NOW LET'S LOOK at what preservation of the "ignorance tax" scheme has made valuable to the schemers, and therefore an increasing part of our lives:
EVERYTHING LISTED ABOVE IS what is actually paid-for by the "ignorance tax", either in the conventional sense of being financed with its enormous, corruption-inducing aggregation of wealth into the hands of a political class with feet of clay, or as a price we all pay by the degradation and loss of our principles and our values. Is all this really how a sensible people want to be spending their resources? I think not, but this IS what we're doing now, because of all those not yet awakened to the truth about the income tax. Be an alarm clock.
(Click on Saruman to see what he means..."
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Thank goodness the sun is now shining...
A Review of CtC by Derek Cushman
You can also find this film at https://vimeo.com/175424277. Regarding Trolleries (Deceitful efforts to discourage Americans from learning the truth about the "income tax")
FOR ALL THE YEARS SINCE 2003 when CtC was first published, the government has engaged in a concerted effort to frighten people away from its truths. This effort involves official government websites and press releases touting an occasional court ruling that appears to be at odds with some CtC-revelation (but without details sufficient to expose the real substance of the ruling)-- and sometimes even more mendacious behavior. Click here for the rest of this article
Set a brushfire-- E-mail this newsletter to a friend ***** Are the presentations and resources offered on this site and in my other work of any value to you? Tim Kendrick has posted a video on YouTube regarding donations. I didn't know what to do about it to begin with; I don't do what I do intending for anyone to feel obligated in any way. But of course, no one IS obligated. I will continue to make my work freely-available here, and in my books for only the cost of a cheap paperback. Thus, even though I post it here below, Tim's very thoughtful personal resolution and encouragement to others is just an invitation for consideration by those who may not be conscious of the fact that I can't do what I do without support. No one is to feel any pressure from it; if it moves anyone to act let it be solely because it seems right.
***** Why Does The Government Lie About 'Cracking the Code'? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION is the key to the restoration of the republic and the rule of law in America. See it below. (NOTE: It's very important that the entire 24 minutes be viewed.)
This video can also be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hgzzYl-eeUI. Here are links to the two pages to which viewers are directed at the end of the film: The Crime of the Century and The Truth About The 16th Amendment. The other two mentioned in the film are this one (the "bulletin board" stack of 1,200 or so posted refunds and other victories in knowledgably applying the law; and this one (the collection of resisted claims and the outcomes of those little battles). PLEASE be a real activist about sending this link to every single person in your address book, and about sharing it through facebook, reddit, twitter, and any other distribution channel with which you are familiar. Send it to every journalist you can. It's time to really make something happen. Accompany your emails and posts with with a strong admonishment to watch the film through, and that doing so will show the viewer an individual-empowering, state-restraining truth about the income tax which the government has been trying to keep hidden from view for 75 years and which that person really needs to know. BY THE WAY, as is impossible to miss, I have neither the skills nor the tools to make even moderately good films. This is simply not my forte. Anyone able to do better is encouraged to talk to me about that. As is ALSO impossible to miss, though-- even in my amateur production-- reader video testimonials have GREAT POWER. Send me yours.
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***** How To Be A Leader In The CtC Community It's simple: KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TAX IN DETAIL KNOW WHERE TO FIND THE RESOURCES BE FAMILIAR WITH THE SCAMS, THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, AND THE TROLL-POLLUTION TAKE CHARGE IN YOUR STATE FORUM, HELPING EVERYONE TO THINK CLEARLY AND STAY ON TOPIC All-in-all, just be the sort of person for others that you would go to yourself for trustworthy leadership. Leadership is a challenge. But it's not complicated, and you can do it. *****
The 'Watching the Watchmen Amendment' If you're not talking this one up everywhere and helping generate a buzz, you don't really want liberty and the rule of law...
Do you have a victory to share? Click here to learn how to do so.
If you're working on one, and just getting stonewalled or speed-bumped, you can still be recognized! Go here to learn what to do. Learn The Liberating Truth About The Tax NEW! Orders of twelve or more books now come with a free DVD containing six informative and inspiring videos-- 112 minutes in all. Click here for the details. ***** Did you miss the 'Set Your Church Free' commentaries? Ignorance of the true nature of the "income" tax has gagged, gutted and seduced-into-disgrace America's ministerial community. This must change.
Copy and post this one around, people!
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Media Evasion Of CtC Must End, Now Time, unfortunately, is on the side of the well-funded disinformation specialists class
Are You Having Trouble Spreading The Word? SKEPTICISM (SOMETIMES INVOKED BY FEAR) IS TO BE EXPECTED when you're trying to explain to someone that everything they've been encouraged their whole lives to believe about something as entrenched and significant as the income tax is basically nonsense. So here's a way to help cut through the resistance: Ask your listener how he or she would react if you were to show an announcement from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue admitting that the tax doesn't apply to the earnings of most Americans and is misapplied most of the time because people don't understand how it works? Or how about if you showed a ruling from the Supreme Court saying the same? Now you just have to explain that you're going to show exactly those things-- but because the state really doesn't want people to know this, these things haven't been said quite as forthrightly as we would all wish. It's going to take a bit more work to take these admissions in than is sufficient for just reading a press release. But it'll be worth the effort... *****
Real Americans don't accommodate fog, lies and a sliding scale of adherence to the rule of law. Real American men and women stand up for the truth and the law, come what may, knowing that it is only by setting the bar at the top and enforcing it, come what may, that liberties are secured.
"Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." -Thomas Paine
OUTREACH!!! JOB ONE, PEOPLE!!! SPREAD. THE. WORD. ONLY ONE THING WILL WIN YOU YOUR LIBERTY: Spreading the truth. Accordingly, I've assembled outreach resources into a new, dedicated page. Find it here, and please, USE THESE TOOLS!! I can't do this all by myself. "In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell *****
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” -James Madison How About You? Are You Governing Yourself? Get The Knowledge, Reclaim Your Power, And Stand With The Founders
There is little more important to the long-term health of America than how our children are educated..
***** Some Observations Regarding Educated And Accurate Filing
Have You Taken A Military, Law Enforcement or Public Office Oath To Uphold And Defend The Constitution? IGNORANCE TAX: An unnecessary income tax exaction suffered out of ignorance as to lawful objects of the tax and the means of its application by someone too lazy, frightened or misled to learn how it really works and to what it really applies.
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'Don't Tread On Me' Polo Shirts Say It All!
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More Than Two Thirds Of The Several States That Collect "Income" Taxes Have Now Acknowledged The Truth About The Law As Revealed In CtC, And Have Issued Complete Refunds Accordingly! See The Following Chart...
'The BOSTONIAN'S Paying the EXCISE-MAN, or TARRING & FEATHERING' (1774) (How our forefathers responded to arrogant "Rule of Law defiers"...)
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HELP SPREAD THE LIBERATING TRUTH ABOUT THE TAX “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident.” -Arthur Schopenhauer
Get your FREE* CtC bumper sticker and help spread the word! Just send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Lost Horizons, Bumper Sticker Offer, 232 Oriole Rd., Commerce Twp., MI 48382 (*If you want to throw a few bucks into the envelope to help with costs, that'd be nice, but it's entirely optional...)
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"Taxes are not raised to carry on wars, wars are raised to carry on taxes." -Thomas Paine
Where To Find Things On This Site
Law Professor James Duane Says: "Don't Talk To The Police. Period."
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Films That Belong In Every Home Library
Ever Wonder How Much An Unrestrained FedState Would Like To Tap You For?
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Warrior David Larson shares this beautiful little farce, wryly observing that, "Depositors have "..not lost one penny.." - OK we could agree on that simple statement ..how about the purchasing power of that same penny 'not lost'?"
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Last Word "If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -Samuel Adams, Architect of the first American Revolution
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***** About The Author Pete Hendrickson is possibly the most effective lawyer in history, even while never having set foot in a law school, nor ever being a card-carrying member of "the bar". He is the first American in history to secure a complete refund of Social Security and Medicare ‘contributions’ withheld from his earnings (along with all other property taken for federal taxes); further, since 2003 students of his legal analyses and arguments in ‘Cracking the Code- The Fascinating Truth About Taxation In America’’ (CtC), and its sequel, 'Was Grandpa Really a Moron?' have been routinely retaining and recovering billions of dollars which otherwise-- wrongly, but as a matter of course-- would have gone to federal or state government treasuries. This despite concerted efforts by government to suppress his work, and in some cases vigorously oppose the claims by his students. Hendrickson is also a widely-read essayist on matters of politics, public policy and law; many of these works are collected in his second book, ‘Upholding the Law And Other Observations’. He is a member of Mensa; an award-winning artist; and has paid his dues as a youth soccer coach. He is a long-time political activist as well, and has served as co-chair and platform convention delegate of Michigan’s largest county Libertarian Party organization; as a consultant to the National Right to Work Foundation and Citizens for a Sound Economy; as a member of the Heartland Institute; and as a member of the International Society for Individual Liberty. He is a frequent radio-show guest on stations across the country. Hendrickson's business career has included nearly a decade-and-a-half at the leading edge of the renewable-energy industry, both as Director of Purchasing and Materials Management and member of the R&D board at Starpak Energy Systems, the mid-west's then-largest solar heating and energy-recovery-and re-utilization company; and as founder and president of AFJ Inc., a high-efficiency lighting design, manufacture and installation firm. Beginning in the mid-1990s and continuing for the twelve years before his present full-time focus on the restoration of the rule of law in America, Hendrickson directed purchasing activities for the $84 million-a-year multi-family-housing division of the Farmington Hills, Michigan branch of Edward Rose and Sons, with responsibility for 18,000+ apartments, direct supervision of 35 technicians and agents, and incidental authority over several hundred divisional workers. He also ran the division's 10 cable television earth-station and distribution systems in four states, and designed and administered the company's website. On rather the other end of the spectrum, amidst these more mundane pursuits Hendrickson co-founded and was the primary creative force behind a small board- and card-game company that enjoyed a modest success for several years. Hendrickson makes his home in southeast Michigan, with his wife and two children. He is currently working on his next book. © All written and graphic material on this page and website are copyrighted by Peter E. Hendrickson, unless otherwise attributed. |
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