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August 29, 2000

T H E · I N F O R M E D · A M E R I C A N
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Common Law Copyright · All Rights Reserved · Monday, August 28th, 2000
Published by Gordon Phillips, Founder and CIO: INFORM AMERICA!
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From the Desk of Gordon Phillips -- Well, as the saying goes, the rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. ;-) Many of you have written, wondering if I'd fallen off the planet. The truth is that the volume of initial contacts our office has received of late from our web site and weekly conference calls (see details below) has exceeded anything we've experienced in past years. During what are ordinarily slow summer months (when the public brain often appears to have gone to the beach), the rate of membership enrollments into The Save-A-Patriot Fellowship has risen significantly. If this increased activity is a harbinger of what's to come in January when the 1099's and W-2's start flying through the mails (and many an American gulps hard, decides that now is the time to get into the game, and decides to contact us) ... we'd better get some sleep while we can!

In any event, all is well, and the battle to recapture the space between our fellow citizens' ears goes on. We've expanded our office staff to handle the work load and you can expect e-mail communication from us again on a regular basis. Here are some current announcements to get you caught up.

ON THE ROAD WITH INFORM AMERICA! -- We're pleased to inform you that our office has just teamed up with a publicity and seminar promotion firm by the name of L.E.A.R.N. Seminars ("Let's Educate America Right Now!"). During the months of August and September, I will be conducting the following live presentations. To register to attend, contact Devon Morse at learnseminars@usa.net:

• Wednesday, August 30th - Milford, New Hampshire - 6:00-9:00PM - "TAX BASICS 101: What Every American Needs To Know" - F$25 preregistered; F$30 at the door.

• Friday-Saturday, September 22-23 - Houston, Texas - "TAX NEGATION TECHNOLOGY: The Secret Is The Law Itself" - F$150 preregistered; F$215 at the door.

Future presentations will be listed in subsequent issues of THE INFORMED AMERICAN as and when confirmed. If you have an interest in promoting or hosting an evening, all-day, or weekend seminar in your area, L.E.A.R.N. informs me that they offer an outstanding opportunity in the way of generous referral fees paid for each attendee you generate as the result of your personal promotion efforts. If interested, please contact L.E.A.R.N.

NEW MONDAY NIGHT WEEKLY TAX EDUCATION CONFERENCE CALL -- INFORM AMERICA! is no longer associated with World Community Educational Society. However, I will continue to conduct a weekly 90-minute constitutional tax education conference call. Here is the new information:

• Monday nights at 9:00PM eastern time (6:00PM on the extreme left coast). Call (918) 222-7102. When prompted, enter PIN # 2555. Regular long distance charges only apply.

The weekly curriculum includes in-depth presentations on numerous eye-opening topics pertaining to constitutionally limited taxation, tax liability and filing requirements, the stopping of tax withholding in the workplace, self-employment, state tax issues, IRS problems and procedures, the lawful requirement to use a SSN, voluntary participation in Social Security and much more. Recent topics include:

• TAX BASICS 101: WHAT EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW - a succinct digest of the law as actually written. Learn who really owes income tax, who must file returns, and much more.
• YOU CAN BE FREE IF YOU WANT TO BE - a discussion of the use (and abuse) of the SSN.
• SOCIAL SECURITY IS VOLUNTARY WITHIN THE 50 STATES - a comprehensive examination of the territorial (jurisdictional) limitations placed upon the application of Social Security to the citizen.
• COURT RULINGS STRIKE AT IRS AUTHORITY TO LEVY - learn the real scoop about IRS' routine and, it would appear, willful violation of the actual laws pertaining to levy.
• A MEMORANDUM TO TAX, LEGAL AND BANKING PROFESSIONALS - a summary digest for tax professionals.

STREAMING AUDIO -- These presentations are archived as streaming audio files from the home page of our web site at www.informamerica.com. Click on "Weekly Talks". They are also available in text files and will be sent for the asking via e-mail attachment. Each weekly presentation (approx. 45 minutes) is followed by 45 minutes of open Q&A session. Get your questions answered!

HUMOR BREAK -- Such is the public's anxiety over exposure to the truth about the tax laws (combined with ever present reminders that BIG BROTHER and his Little Brother at the IRS may be listening), that we offer the following helpful tips for those concerned about privacy when dialing in to our weekly conference calls: Feel free to use a pseudonym. • Misstate where you're actually calling from. • Use a pay phone with a prepaid calling card (purchased with cash only, of course). • Cover the mouthpiece with a handkerchief. ;-)

You can rest easy knowing that we do not capture the telephone numbers of callers and forward them to the IRS, although we wouldn't be surprised if they frequent these calls themselves. Which would be a good thing! One never knows when an agent might inadvertently become educated. Please see our advisory and disclaimer below pertaining to our policy of never offering legal or tax advice.

LEARN ALL ABOUT THE SAVE-A-PATRIOT FELLOWSHIP -- Sponsored by the Office of the National Representative for The Save-A-Patriot Fellowship. Join Gordon Phillips, SAPF National Representative and Edward Akehurst, Director of IR Services. This weekly interactive conference call is for those who are interested in membership in the Save-A-Patriot Fellowship and have questions about membership application, benefits, services, methodology, experience, &tc.; for those who are already a member and are interested in the Independent Representative (IR) opportunity, and; for those who are already an IR and interested in improving their enrolling success.

• Tuesday evenings at 10:00PM eastern time (7:00PM on the extreme left coast). Call (918) 222-7102. When prompted, enter PIN # 1040. Regular long distance charges only apply.

SIGN UP FOR "FREEDOM!" -- F.R.E.E.D.O.M! is the name of the powerful new SAPF membership and tax education/support program from INFORM AMERICA! This is the way to get your "ducks lined up" in advance of any action you may later decide to take. The benefits of Limited (Educational) Membership in The Save-A-Patriot Fellowship are now combined with a powerhouse education under this newly released adult tax education and support program. Ask us for details.

EGROUPS.COM -- Your participation in this ongoing Internet discussion group is invited. "Frequently Asked Questions" are answered regularly by our staff. Go to www.egroups.com, sign up, and register with the "informamerica" discussion list. Your comments and input welcome.

FREE BOOK OFFER, WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED -- We now offer our self-published book, Losing Your Illusions, for your FREE 30-day review with "no-strings-attached" and no obligation to purchase. Losing Your Illusions contains over 200 pages of comprehensive, detailed, and thoroughly documented information, and includes dozens of little-known government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. It has been our experience that most tax professionals do not know that these documents even exist. Thousands of copies have been distributed with none yet returned as a result of a reader's disagreement with (or rebuttal of) the information presented. The IRS is not pleased with the broad, "underground" acclaim this book is receiving. One thing is for certain, readers of Losing Your Illusions will never view their government in the same light again. For details, click on the button marked "Free Book" on the left side of the home pge on our web site.

OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS -- For an excellent introductory 2-hour video explaining the REAL reason for the income tax, including its well-hidden, incestuous relationship with unredeemable, fiat paper money (i.e., no longer backed by gold or silver), watch The Truth Behind The Income Tax. For a life-changing, 12-hour video lecture that will produce steam from both ears and leave your C.P.A. or attorney gaping in disbelief, watch Just The Facts. Both are available for on-line ordering at www.libertymall.com.

NO LEGAL ADVICE EVER GIVEN! -- Please take note: We are not attorneys, licensed ("permitted") by the American Bar Association to "practice" law, nor are we privileged to claim membership in any other such private, closed-shop, monopolistic, legal-services labor union. For that reason we cannot, do not, and will not EVER provide legal, tax or financial advice of any kind. However, NO citizen needs a license (a regulated and taxed, state-granted privilege) to exercise his or her UNALIENABLE RIGHT simply to show another citizen what the written Law ACTUALLY SAYS (please see the First Amendment). INFORM AMERICA! takes NO "position" whatsoever with regard to the tax laws. We simply read them, and strive to show a yet largely uninformed public (and their fee-based tax professionals) what they ACTUALLY SAY! Apparently, this controversial act makes us highly suspect in certain quarters. Nor are we so-called "tax protesters". We have no objection or disagreement whatsoever with a single word in the Internal Revenue Code. Why would we, when the code does not tax the income of a citizen living and working within the 50 States of the Union? Graduates from Law School (that is, Case Law School, funded in part through government grants and loans) are alleged to be imbued with a special, mysterious ability to "interpret" the Law (and we always thought interpretation was the sole province of tea leaf readers). Since we apparently lack the benefits of such formal mind-conditioning, we are forced simply to READ the Law and SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY SAYS. Being, therefore, legal peasants as we are -- and as ridiculous as the idea must sound -- we simply understand that:

• The Law is written in plain English. • Presumably, the Legislature speaks, reads and writes English and understands the rules of statutory construction. • The Law must be written in clear, straightforward language so as to be readily understood by any citizen of average intelligence. • Any Law not so written must be held "void for vagueness". • The Law means exactly what it says and says exactly what it means. • The Law is not subject to inference or interpretation. • The Law is confined ONLY to that which is written and specifically stated. • The outcome of a trial pertains to the participants in that action ONLY. • Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution confers ALL law-making power to Congress, and NO law-making power to a judge. • All so-called "case law" is therefore pure sophistry!

Finally, we NEVER recommend or encourage you, Gentle Reader, to engage in any particular course of action. If you believe that the Law requires you to file certain returns and to pay certain taxes, you should do so. The IRS will certainly appreciate your generous magnanimity (a/k/a "voluntary compliance").

PAY-TRIOTS FOR PROFIT? -- No, emphatically we are not, nor are we attempting to "sell" you anything. If you know of someone who will LEND you any of our materials for your personal study, we urge you to do so. If you need to obtain original materials from us, we will be happy to see that you receive them in even-value exchange for the modest donations requested. It is the donations we receive from a now rapidly awakening public which allow us to continue and expand our educational mission. INFORM AMERICA! is not incorporated (we do not hold a government license to cheat the public with personal immunity granted to corporate officers) nor do we exist in any other form of statutorily regulated, artificial entity. Nor are we "non-profit". Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) applies to FOREIGN chartered corporations (overseas and within the federal territories and possessions) ONLY, as do all other code sections within chapters 1-6, subtitle A of the IRC. We are based within the 50 States of the Union, and for that reason fall under the geographical jurisdiction and protections of the federal Constitution. We receive no profits (gain separated from capital) as we are not engaged in business. We survive - sometimes just barely - on the donations we receive from our friends and fellow compatriots across America.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES -- Just below, you will find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) sorted by topic. If, after obtaining and reviewing the educational materials listed below, you cannot locate the answers you seek, please do contact us and state your question(s) as succinctly as possible.

TAX LIABILITY -- Is the income tax voluntary or mandatory? • Is the income tax constitutional or unconstitutional? • Would repealing the 16th Amendment "free" the average American from the income tax? • Would "scrapping the tax code" in favor of a National Sales Tax (NST) be good for America? • What would the Framers of the Constitution say about a NST were they alive today? • According to the written Law, who actually owes income tax? • Who actually owes employment (social security and wage) tax? • To whom does the legally defined, one-word term "taxpayer" apply? • Where within the Law (Internal Revenue Code) did Congress make this "taxpayer" liable for what tax(es) and under what specific circumstance(s)? • Do these circumstances apply by Law to the average American citizen working for a living with the 50 States of the Union? • According to the private 1982 Grace Commission report to President Ronald Reagan, why does not one nickel of your taxpayer dollars actually go to pay for the services you expect from government? • Why does the IRS deliberately ignore the taxing prohibitions in the Constitution (Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4) that forbid the direct taxation of a Citizen? • What does your "voluntary compliance" really mean to the IRS? • When is the precise moment that you unwittingly converted your status from free citizen to "taxpayer"? • How does the IRS get away with ignoring the written law requiring a court order before placing a lien, levying on a bank account or wages, or seizing private property? • Why, in spite of the recently televised "reforms", does Congress still allow the IRS to willfully misapply the written law with performance bonuses paid to those agents who seize the most? • Why does the IRS have to trick its master computer in Martinsburg, W. Virginia by entering phony business computer codes into the files of individual citizens?
• Have you obtained a copy of your own file under the Freedom of Information Act yet so you can see how they have you listed? • According to an amazing 1946 speech by Beardsley Ruml, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve, what is the real reason for the income tax (and not for revenue)?

FILING REQUIREMENTS -- What is a primary, required return? • Who is required by Law to file returns of income and employment taxes? • Is the Form 1040 a required return of the citizen with earnings from solely domestic sources? • Is it possible to file a return signed under penalties of perjury without waiving one's constitutionally protected rights under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments? • Did our nation's Founders and Framers file returns? Can a real American today file a return? • Is it possible to prevent filed returns from being made available to all government agencies and to many foreign countries under tax treaties? • The IRS admitted in 1993 that 1 in 5 20 million) Americans had already stopped filing tax returns. How many have stopped as of 1999? Are you one of them?

TAX REFUNDS -- Is it possible to file amended returns (Form 1040X) to obtain a refund of past taxes paid? • Is a so-called "zero return" a wise and prudent filing strategy? • What criminal charges may be brought under certain circumstances against those who receive such refunds?

EMPLOYEE ISSUES & STOPPING TAX WITHHOLDING -- Is a completed Form W-4 required by law to obtain employment? • Is marking a Form W-4 "exempt" the proper procedure to stop payroll tax withholding? • Is the average citizen a "nonresident alien"? Should s/he use Form W-8 for that reason? • What is covered employment (i.e., for social security purposes) and who is a covered employee? • What is the correct paperwork procedure under the Code of Federal Regulations to stop all withholding of income and employment tax? • How have thousands of Americans stopped tax withholding and now take home 100% of their weekly paychecks?

EMPLOYER ISSUES -- • Is a citizen/business owner required to apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) on Form SS-4? • Is a citizen/business owner required to have an EIN before lawfully hiring a fellow citizen? • Who is a participating employer (i.e., for social security purposes)? • What financial and business advantages are enjoyed by the covered employer who reverts to his protected right to contract under Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution?

QUITTING SOCIAL SECURITY -- Is it actually possible to quit the Social Security welfare wealth-redistribution program? • How have thousands of Americans already accomplished this? • Can I receive a refund of all Soc. Sec. taxes already paid?

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN) ISSUES -- Is a citizen required by Law to apply for a SSN? • Is a citizen required by Law to have (and use) a SSN in order to live and work within the United States? • Does the Law required every parent to apply for a SSN for each infant at birth? • Don't hospitals automatically assign a SSN to each new-born? • How can a citizen function (work at a job, bank, vote, go into debt, travel, donate blood, etc.) without a SSN? • Is it possible to be a card-carrying, registered socialist (i.e., government enumerated user of a SSN) and also be the type of real American envisioned by our nation's Founders and Framers?

IRS "LOVE LETTERS" -- What is the proper response to an IRS or state tax agency request for a tax return? • What is the proper response to an IRS administrative summons to see "books and records"? Does this include past copies of Readers' Digest and old Beatles' albums? • What is the proper response to a notice of audit, deficiency, lien, levy or seizure? • Why must all IRS correspondence always be answered?

MONEY & BANKING -- If the government can print all the money it needs, why does it tax anyone? • How has Congress lawfully defined a "dollar"? • Is the Federal Reserve Note (FRN) a real "dollar"? • Is it possible to inflate gold and silver? • If the government owes the nearly $6 trillion "national debt" to itself, why doesn't it just wipe the slate clean and start over? • Is the Federal Reserve really a government agency? • Why has the Federal Reserve never been full audited by Congress? • Why are bank records fully available to the IRS? • Is it possible to function today without a bank account?

SECURITY VS. LIBERTY -- Is it possible for security and Liberty to co-exist (i.e., are the two compatible)? • Could the misapplication of the written law and the illegal enforcement of its provisions have created the very social and economic problems the Constitution was written to prevent? • How would your life be different if you could live free to enjoy the "Pursuit of Happiness" as God and our nation's Founders intended? • If the average American stops filing, will s/he go to jail and lose everything s/he owns? • How can one protect one's personal and real property in the face of extralegal government plunder resulting from flagrant disregard for Law and violation of due process? • To own or not to own: what is the difference between use and enjoyment of property and "pride of ownership" • What are the lawful and historical uses of irrevocable pure trusts and limited partnerships? • How can you conduct your affairs in private, safe from greedy relatives like "Big Brother", "Uncle Sam" and "Mother Hillary"? • Could it be your chains are imaginary? • Inquiring minds want to know!

SAVE-A-PATRIOT FELLOWSHIP -- What is the Save-A-Patriot Fellowship (SAPF)? • Why was SAPF created and how is it making history? • Is the Fellowship a radical, anti-government organization? • Is it a dangerous, paramilitary militia group? • Is it a seething den of angry "tax protesters"? • Or is SAPF simply the nation's largest constitutional tax-education organization? • Why was Save-A-Patriot raided by the IRS in 1993? • How did the Fellowship prevail over the IRS in court and why wasn't this reported in the managed media? • Why is Save-A-Patriot growing so quickly? • What are the benefits of membership in the Fellowship? • Is it necessary to stop filing returns or stop using a SSN in order to be a member?

THEY TOLD THE TRUTH! -- This HUGE collection of astonishing quotes directly from the "horse's mouth" (government officials and other notables) about liberty, tyranny, government, socialism, money, rights and taxation will give you the BIG PICTURE. Click here --> www.informamerica.com/They_Told_The_Truth.htm

WEBSITES TO VISIT AND SUPPORT --
www.informamerica.com -- "The Truth BEHIND The Income Tax"
www.libertyleague.com -- "If we are to BE free, we must LIVE free!"
www.libertymall.com -- "Where Free People Shop!"
www.libertyworksradio.com -- "Proclaiming Liberty Throughout The Land"
www.taxfreedom101.com -- "It Pays To Discover The Truth"

INFORM AMERICA! CONTACT INFORMATION -- How to contact our office, plus details about membership in The Save-A-Patriot Fellowship and our outstanding Independent Representative Opportunity.
• E-MAIL -- gordon@informamerica.com
• PHONE & 24-HR FAX - (801) 715-3890
• MAIL & PACKAGES -- 12 Carroll Street, Suite 1787, Westminster, MD 21157-4831
• FAX-ON-DEMAND (801) 715-3890 -- Share with those who do not use the Internet. Call from the handset of a fax machine, listen to outgoing greeting, then follow the prompts.

OUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME QUOTE -- "... it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen to set brush fires in people's minds..." -- Samuel Adams, "Father of the American Revolution"

http://www.informamerica.com

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