Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 10:40:48 -0700 From: David Gould Subject: Taxes IV Post Number 185: Taxes Part IV There recently was held in Washington, DC, a so-called Symposium on the IRS and on the Income Tax. This "Symposium" was attended by the so-called "leaders" in the fight to abolish the Income Tax. What was conspicuously missing from this "Symposium" were the facts about the Income Tax, and the Truth about how to avoid it. And what was apparent was, from my understanding, the underlying agenda to place another tax on the people of America, which would be a national sales tax. I know it is difficult to begin to grasp just how many lies we have been told, and it is just as difficult to realize that most of those in prominent positions in the "tax movement" are telling just as many lies as the government does. These people have positions to defend, and money to make, and the Truth, even when presented to them, is of secondary importance. The other side of this, as in the case of any Esquire who claims to be "for the people," is that the system comes first. These Esquires are bound by oath to this position, and you would be foolish in the extreme to think anything else is of importance to them. The "system" is the source of their title, their "prestige" and their money. Silly us, to think they would risk this for the common people! The first part of this post is a more complete discussion on the income tax, its purposes, and nature. We have delved into this before, but it needs to be gone over a number of times so everyone, including me, really grasps the fine points of Communism contained within the Income Tax. The second part of this Post is a discussion about this "Symposium." (For review, I suggest you order Posts Number 28, 157, 179, and 182. Of course, read The Series as well!) The true purpose of the income tax: An excerpt from "The Creature from Jekyll Island," by G. Edward Griffin, p 204-205" [begin excerpt] A Tool For Social Planning The January 1946 issue of American Affairs carried an article written by Beardsley Ruml who, at that time, was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ruml had devised the system of automatic withholding during World War II, so he was well qualified to speak on the nature and purpose of the federal income tax. His theme was spelled out in the title of his article: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete." In an introduction to the article, the magazine's editor summarized Ruml's views as follows: His thesis is that, given control of a central banking system and an inconvertible currency [a currency not backed by gold], a sovereign national government is finally free of money worries and needs no longer levy taxes for the purpose of providing itself with revenue. All taxation, therefore, should be regarded from the point of view of social and economic consequences.(1) Ruml explained that, since the Federal Reserve now can create out of nothing all the money the government could ever want, there remain only two reasons to have taxes at all. The first of these is to combat a rise in the general level of prices. His argument was that, when people have money in their pockets, they will spend it for goods and services, and this will bid up the prices. The solution, he says, is to take the money away from them through taxation and let the government spend it instead. This, too, will bid up prices, but Ruml chose not to go into that. He explained his theory this way: "The dollars the government spends become purchasing power in the hands of the people who have received them. The dollars the government takes by taxes cannot be spent by the people, and therefore, these dollars can no longer be used to acquire the things which are available for sale. Taxation is, therefore, an instrument of the first importance in the administration of any fiscal and monetary policy.(1) (This is true, but it leaves out one or two important points; the taxes collected by the government first go to the Federal Reserve Bank in payment of the interest on the "national debt" which is the creation of money from nothing mentioned above. These "taxes" are then used to steal the wealth of the nation from the people by the bankers. Any excess taxes collected, over and above the amount of the fraudulent "interest due" disappears just as it does in any banking system when debts are cancelled. For reference, see Part VI of the Series. =96 David) Redistribution of Wealth The other purposes of taxation, according to Ruml, is to redistribute the wealth from one class of citizens to another. This must always be done in the name of social justice of equality, but the real objective is to override the free market and bring society under the control of the master planners. Ruml said: The second principle purpose of federal taxes is to attain more equality of wealth and of income than would result from economic forces working alone. The taxes which are effective for this purpose are the progressive individual income tax, the progressive estate tax, and the gift tax. What these taxes should be depends on public policy with respect to the distribution of wealth and of income. These taxes should be defended and attacked in terms of their effect on the character of American life, not as revenue measures. As we have seen, Senator Nelson Aldrich was one of the creators of the Federal Reserve System. That is not surprising in light of the cartel nature of the System and the financial interests which he represented. Aldrich also was one of the prime sponsors of the federal income tax. The two creations work together as a far more delicate mechanism for control over the economic and social life of society than either one alone. 1. "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete," by Beardsley Ruml, American Affairs, January, 1946, p. 35. I hope everyone reads the above enough times that the full impact of what is being said becomes apparent. This is the nature of that corporation known as the United States government. It is communistic and always has been, and it is the prime source for the support and funding of all communist movements that occur around the world. The other rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding. But until you really understand the Income Tax, its purposes and nature, the real facts behind what is going on remain hidden. And the real problems and solutions remain hidden, just as the promoters and most speakers at the so-called Symposium seem to want to happen. You must always look for hidden agendas (generally money) and secret dealers behind what is presented. This can only be done if you have enough information. I strongly recommend that you go to the site below and read the entire story. David http://www.denialofdueprocess.com/tp/shame/irs_showdown.htm when Mr. Fitzgerald releases his up coming book, "Secrets of the Treasury: The Investigation into the Fraud and Cover-up of America's Registration Obligation Under the Social Security Act of 1935". (The Income Tax is a contract tax, and the primary contract for this tax is through Social Security. David) =85define "direct taxes" in the Constitutional sense, he hesitated and said, "It is a tax levied directly on a person." Mr. Fitzgerald informed Schulz that this understanding was false. He stated that historically and judicially "direct taxes" were taxes on land and slaves. In this connection, in a discussion revealed by Mr. Fitzgerald on this question during the debate in the House of Representatives in the Congressional Globe, 37th Session, Washington, 1861, p. 249, Mr. Bigham stated: "=85that the power to levy and apportion a direct tax coul= d be rightly applied only to lands and slaves." (This gives you an idea of how little knowledge those speaking at the Symposium really had, as no one could answer this question. =96 David) =85the case of Stanton v. Baltic Mining as quoted by Howard Zaritsky, Congressional researcher attorney, explained that the 16th Amendment gave the Congress no new power to tax. Apparently, the evil is in these people making up the panel at the Symposium. They do not want to see what EVIL that they are doing. The evil, of course, is encouraging people to make meaningless and frivolous arguments regarding the 16th Amendment, and causing people to waste their time, energy, money, and credibility seeking the disposal of an amendment that will not restore the Constitutional taxing powers, but cancels them, and effectively abandons us to be viscously taxed by the National Sales Tax, a tax on those citizens least able to bear it. To the question of the 16th Amendment, I told the Chairman that the Case of Stanton v. Baltic Mining as set forth by the Government in a Report of the Congressional Research Service, by Howard Zaritsky, dispatched the question of the validity of the 16th Amendment in that it gave no new power of taxation to the Congress. So the point was moot, and perhaps they had better come up with a new question. (You had better read this again and again, because it is important; the 16th Amendment gave the "government" no new powers to tax. So, what was the purpose? Confusion for the people? =96 David) Finally, regarding the claim that there is no statute that imposes the income tax AND requires them to file, I had shown conclusively that they are dead wrong, as the imposition is in =A7 1 and the filing requirement is in =A7 6012. The semantic game that these people are playing is not appropriate before the IRS, and to say because the imposition and filing requirement are separated in the code means that the law does not require compliance is just word games based upon some unknown principle of law. (Read this carefully; if you have a Social Security number, you owe the tax. You would be well advised to pay it. =96 David) The two separate statutes, which impose an income tax liability (Section 1, subsection 1) and a filing requirement (Section 6012), do not conform to the ideally imagined super-statute that crams the imposition of the tax, the filing of the return, and the definition of individual, into one whole statute. Much is made out of the fact that after a few years passed, the government just assumed the People knew that individuals were citizens and residents. So now because the government uses the term "individual" to indicate citizens and residents, the "panel of experts" think they can pretend to not understand what "individual" means. In the early days, "individual" was clearly defined as a citizen and resident for the purposes of the administration of the income taxes. This is indisputable. These semantic arguments are made by cheaters. The previous income tax laws have defined these terms, and arranged the laws in precisely the same way for over a hundred years, even section 1.861 of the Code of Federal Regulations reveals that the income tax applies to both aliens and citizens. To understand what America has become, continue: The following is a E-mail from an individual by the name of John. John sent a prior E-mail to me spelling out the corruption in his state and county. I asked John if he wanted his report published. His reply to my request to publish and my reply is as follows below. The sentiments expressed by both of us, I think spells out the reality of the predicament We The People find ourselves confronted with today. Sent FYI, Walter Burien Date: 6/16/99 To: CEVI2000@aol.com Dear Walter, I was ashamed to click on the "reply" button to answer your request. Why should I be ashamed? I am ashamed because after reading your request, I realized I actually fear our city and law enforcement officials! After serving over 15 years in the U.S. Marine Corps Tank Battalion, I thought I would never be afraid of any man. But it's not a man I am afraid of, it is the entire corrupt system these men and their brotherhood elite pals have established. It starts right here in my town, and continues to the state capitol, and to Washington, D.C.. I realize we have a bigger problem than just money hidden away. Did I mention "Gestapo Police?" If my name and address were to ever appear with a statement such as this, even if true, I shudder to think what they will do to me and my family!! This is only half the story. Our law enforcement is "rife" with corruption from the war on drugs. Brutality and property seizure is commonplace. Citizens in my and neighboring Counties are routinely indicted with little to no investigative work. They can be given probation, fined, placed on electronic monitor, and/or given community service for punishment before seeing the inside of a courtroom! Innocent until proven guilty? City/County/State and Federal officials are content with the status-quo. Could you guarantee my name and address would not be published? Could you promise that if you were ever given a subpoena to reveal my name that it would never be revealed? Could you state "Name withheld due to fear of retaliation?" I guess this is a sad testament to what official abuse and corruption has done to us. I am truly ashamed for what we have become, a city, county, state, and nation of cowards! John WJB'S REPLY TO: JOHN John, I grew up in New Jersey. When I was young I took 4th in the state in wrestling, had a brown belt in judo, took the heavy weight title in the Navy (Chicago) in 1974, and when I was 18, if I got p___ off, I could flip over a Chevy Impala. I never picked on anyone in my life, but I loved (absolutely loved) coming across a bully or a group of bullies picking on one little guy. I had the best feeling you could possible imagine getting six inches from their face saying "if you want to pick on someone, pick on me. I will rip your head off". Usually out of my direct confrontation six inches from their face, the bullies out of survival instincts, backed off with their tails tucked between their legs. Well, today we are up against the biggest bully on the block, composite government. The only thing I fear is, knowing myself, that if push came to shove, I would have to attack full force and without mercy. Not stopping until the opposition was destroyed or I was killed. I am a creative person and do not like to destroy anything. The bullies have created a paper game of which they control the paper. By blocking the people from having the ability to get six inches in their face, the boys have been able to continue business as usual as they confiscate, extort and steal the wealth from the people. The people are the host for the virus. The virus is government. The virus is now substantially bigger that the host. Keep in mind the story of the frog in the pot. If you throw a frog into boiling water it violently thrusts out to save it's life. If you put a frog in the pot when the water is cold, and then slowly turn up the heat until it boils, the frog will stay put only mildly trying to jump out of the pot, but does not jump out. The water boils and the frog is now diner. The government goes to great lengths and expense to slowly bring the water to a boil, because we are the food. The slight problem they have is that the food can, if it chooses to, fight back. The food outnumbers the predator 10 to 1. The virus's revenue though outnumbers ours by 3 to 1, and is very organized. Remember they spend billions with the media and control organizations to psychologically keep you as an easily controlled, separate individual, with a feeling of overpowering helplessness to make sure we stay in the pot as they turn up the heat as they have done over the last 35 years. WE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED! The basic initiative I presented puts "them" in the pot for the first time with the people controlling the flame under the pot. I'm a strong believer in the David and Goliath story as well as in the story of Braveheart. It's time to pick a fight and effectively get six inches from their face as individuals, but more importantly as a unified people to make the host once again substantially bigger than the virus. There are two principles which determine the course of every society: 1) He who controls the gold rules 2) He who writes the rules wins It's time for the citizens to start writing the rules and controlling the gold. WJB From: owner-liberty-and-justice@mailbox.by.net [mailto:owner-liberty-and-justice@mailbox.by.net] On Behalf Of Steve Washam Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 5:46 PM State: Washington County: Stevens Date: 05/11/99 Notes: Thanks to Don Harkins of the Idaho Observer for researching this article. Source: The Idaho Observer P.O. Box 1353 Rathdrum, Idaho 83858-1353 Phone: 208-687-9441 Email: observer@dmi.net Web: http://proliberty.com/observer/ >From the June 1999 Idaho Observer: Stevens County, Wash., alters lien language Auditor tax lien list becomes "notice" to feds COLVILLE -- On March 30, 1999, Jim Shaver and a group of constitutionally-concerned Stevens County residents presented testimony before the county's board of commissioners in an effort to change the language of the county's list of more than 2,000 IRS liens. The Stevens County Commissioners responded May 11, 1999, by advising Shaver by letter that, "The Board and the Auditor have read the materials you submitted and consulted with the County's legal advisor. It is our joint decision to change the current Tax Lien Index to a Notice of Lien index. This change has been implemented." Stevens is a county of 38,000 people. The IRS has placed liens on properties that would affect the lives of at least 19 percent of county residents. "The largest business in the world today makes Microsoft look like a lemonade stand. The largest business in the world today is the pillage and plunder of the American people," Shaver explained to his commissioners. Shaver went on to explain how the IRS, an agency that has been proven to be illegal, unconstitutional and incessantly terrorizes innocent people in a manner that is totally lawless and discompassionate, has transferred liability for its illegal property seizures to county governments across the country. The liability has been placed particularly upon the shoulders of the county auditor and the sheriff because, according to Shaver, the liens constitute unprosecuted securities frauds. Shaver, who has been studying the IRS' use of this mechanism since the early 1990s, explained how the federal collection agency uses the ignorance of county officials to create a seemingly "negotiable" instrument out of thin air. The IRS uses the county to obey a state statute (RCW 60.68) that compels a county auditor to file a "notice" of lien in an alphabetical tax lien list. The IRS will contact the county auditor and direct him to add a name to the county's lien index. Once an alleged lien has been added to the lien index, "the next day the IRS agent can come in and say 'give me a certified copy of the lien index.' Then he has proof of a spendable instrument to go out and pillage and plunder property," explained Shaver. According to Shaver, such an arrangement constitutes a securities fraud. The IRS is guilty of nothing because all it did was secure a certified copy of something that was obviously accomplished by the county auditor under state law when the lien was recorded, probably with a phone call. >From the certified copy of the lien index, the IRS then creates a (fraudulently derived) Notice of Levy that is presented to the local sheriff. The local sheriff is then told to seize the people's property and the sheriff then, dutifully, seizes the property and then arranges to put the property up for auction. "What the sheriff doesn't realize is that he is working from a notice. He is working from an unperfected instrument. He is working from a securities fraud," Shaver said. Shaver is committed to shutting the fraud down. To prove to the county commissioners that IRS tactics are indeed borne in fraud, he explained how county officials should address IRS agents. "OK, Mr. IRS agent...in the past you have induced us into fraud that we won't be a part of any more. Now, first we'll need your delegation of authority from the secretary of the treasury of the United States of America to perform the assessment in the first place. Then we want your affidavit, signed and true, correct and complete, under penalties of perjury, that this person owes something and, whatever that amount might be. "I don't think that they will be around because the whole thing is a giant scam," said Shaver. Shaver also explained that the affidavit is important because you positively ID the IRS agent and get his home address and business address in case you need to serve him. After Shaver's presentation, the commissioners asked several very good questions that were answered by Shaver with the authority of somebody that knows what he is talking about. The information presented to the county commissioners was apparently compelling enough to convince them that if IRS agents are going to use the county to create instruments whereby citizens are to have their property taken, then the IRS agent will just have to place his own freedom and his own assets on the line by submitting an affidavit. Ev Kytonen, one of the concerned Americans who supports Shaver's work and hopes that fairness and lawfulness will someday return to our embattled nation, said that this is just the first in a series of steps that shall be taken to educate Stevens County government as to its rights and responsibilities as the most powerful unit of government within our Constitutional Republic. This is a very important step in the process to educate county officials as to their true rights and responsibilities, under law, to protect the interests of its citizens from the tyrannical intentions of lawless federal agencies. People from across the country who are interested in making a similar presentation to their own county commissioners are encouraged to contact The Idaho Observer at (208) 687-9441 so that we can put you in contact with Shaver. As more and more people begin to starve to death around the world, because of actions directly related to Washington, DC, perhaps more Americans will begin to understand why judgement will come against them. I urge you to pass this post on to others, or post it as you see fit, unaltered in any way, as others may need to understand what is going on. We all have a moral obligation to help understanding and knowledge spread across America. "But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood." Ezekiel 33:6 (NIV) The cost of liberty is eternal vigilance; this is the lesson that America forgot in the enjoyment of the excess of materialism. I am now writing a new book titled "The Science of Life, or, Man and hi= s gods, and how to be free of them." This book is intended to correct th= e errors which exist in other works. I have offered this information for free to other authors, but they will not listen. If you would like information on this book, please ask, and I will forward the Nutshell on "The Science of Life" to you. Please E-mail me and request it at coffee@infotech.net.mx If you are interested in this, or in learning more about the how and why of slavery in America, A suggest you join the Egroup listed below. There is now a Web page with my writings on it. You may go to: http://www.50megs.com/midori/index.html and click on DIRECTORY. If you have problems at the above site, try: http://members.theglobe.com/kcwills/default.html This is the original site for my work, as posted by William, and going here will get his hit counter working, then CLICK on "So Many Conspiracies." The Web master is William Kern, wckern@abac.com Most, if not all, of the Series is up on the site. In addition, we will be setting up at least some of the Posts there, and quite possibly other related information such as the referenced file from Part II showing the original Constitution of 1787 before it was sent to England for approval. In addition, there is now a second WEB page with my work on it: http://supremelaw.com/authors/gould/index.htm This is the Supreme Law Library site, by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. The first 10 Parts of the Series are Posted and there should be more shortly. Another site with my latest copies of The Series is: http://iresist.com/cgoc/coffee/ http://www.eagle-net.org/AremEnt/ This is another site with the first ten Parts of the Series on it, along with a lot of other information that I have not checked out. I was not aware of this one until a friend notified me. I am sure that these will all be old copies and none of the updated info will be here. I have now established a new E-group. This group is monitored only to the point that I approve of new members to the group. I do have some common sense rules; No language that is offensive No flaming or name calling And if you post information, source it. If you do not follow these rules, I will remove you. I would wish, as the name of the group implies, that most who join the group are readers of the Series, or interested in finding out about the Series so that they can decide if they should read it. However, it is certainly no requirement that you have read the Series or are going to read the Series to being a member of the group. The only requirement is that you be willing to learn, just as I am. I set the group up so that there is no list of members. If you join, you may listen to the group without revealing yourself. My intent here is to share information and help everyone, including myself, learn and change, for a better future, based on a better understanding of yesterday. Group address: theseries@egroups.com Group Name: theseries@egroups.com "An information sharing group dedicated to the knowledge and understanding of the True history of America and of their status as free men and women, and dedicated to bringing about the changes necessary for personal freedom." Users can send an email to theseries-subscribe@egroups.com and automatically subscribe. http://www.egroups.com/group/theseries/. This is the archive for the group. It also appears that I will be working on the Internet newsletter American Taxpayer as a contributing writer and/or editor. I have agreed that the writing that I do for this Newsletter will be proprietary information, which means I will not release it elsewhere. I will bring you more details on this as arrangements are firmed up. If you are interested in subscribing, please contact me. Is information in this post for real? I assure you it is. If you do not understand, I suggest you begin reading the papers that I have prepared for people just like you (no cost; no obligation). There are currently 19 papers in all and they cover health, cancer, nutrition, the Constitution, citizenship, law, case law, nature, and many other subjects. Currently, there are at least 7 doctors, 3 lawyers, 1 judge (that I know of), 4 college/university professors and many others reading the information. They read because they are learning; maybe you should as well. Your first paper will be about United States citizenship, and what case law says about it. Case law from the Supreme Court, for instance. The second paper is on the Constitution. To understand the world around you it is necessary to understand Scripture, and one piece of information from Scripture is particularly telling; "the LOVE of money is the root of ALL evil." Not some evil; not most evil; ALL evil. Private courts the IRS uses are simply another way to prey on the uninformed; please, do not stay uninformed. Learn what is really going on in America. Learn why the United States government (a corporation [in bankruptcy]) allows abuse of people like the fraudulent IRS. I will be sending other Posts I consider important; please pass them on to those you consider in need of information. Please pass them on unedited. David If you are interested in my series, please E-mail and let's get started! Or, visit the web pages listed above and get started! Whatever you do, just get started! And for those of you who have been reading and stopped for some reason, any reason, please continue. Believe me, the real information begins after Part X! There will be a total of 20 parts, and those who are finishing are learning much more, and this learning is changing how they look at the world around them, in some ways, drastically. May YHVH Bless you Greatly, David "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened." - Sir Winston Churchill When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. Lawyers: 99.9 percent of them give the rest of the profession a bad name. I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislation. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer -- Will Rogers (1879-1935) It also can be said better: When do you know a lawyer is lying? When his mouth is open. The solution is simple ... convince people to stop signing government forms... if their compliance is absolutely, positively required and mandated by law ... then no signature is necessary. For example, no one signs an agreement say that they will not murder.