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UPDATES:
* The 1st Amendment - The Last Line in the Sand?
* The Constitutional Quiz Question of the Week!

NEWS:
* Tax Freedom Day, When Does it Start for You?
* Some Taxpayers Just Aren't Worth the Trouble
* Rossotti the Insider
* Ka-blam, Replacing Silhouettes with 1040's.

INFORMATION:
* The Seven Habits of Highly Successful IRS Prosecutors

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* The 1st Amendment - The Last Line in the Sand?
by Bryan Rusch

What will be the final straw for the quite surprisingly and appropriately media labeled "tax honesty" movement? When the powers that be start closing down web sites related to the issue? I wish to speculate on that, because if "they" start censoring the Internet, as some in Congress have hinted at doing, and as were urged to consider by cherry picked witnesses who recently testified at the Senate Finance Committee hearing (click here and read the "Grassly Warns of Internet Based Tax-Avoidance Scams" - requires the Adobe Acrobat plug in), then the outcome may be worse for those who wish to stem the tide of tax education, and better for those who wish to promote it. Persecution is a good thing for spreading a message - and there are some of us who are not afraid of standing up for the truth.

Targeting tax "avoidance" scams, which should read tax *evasion* scams - the term ridiculous when you really understand the law as it is applied to citizens living and working exclusively with the U.S. for censorship may appeal to some, but to lump in these folks with legitimate tax educational resource sites, which are also unpopular with government - even more so, would be a bad strategic move by Congress. I certainly would not blame those who have been faithfully working to obtain answers from government, and who were at the same time barred from testifying to the well documented evidence that the income tax has been willfully misapplied to forward an agenda contrary to the intent of our republic to resort to exercising this motto: "The first amendment defended by the second." Who wants armed conflict - really? No one. Yet what choice is there if the first amendment falls, or becomes selectively enforced on this issue? There's one other option still left to consider, and it will be the last and only solution. More on this later. We first need to review the problem one more time so there is no confusion.

The Circle Jerks

There are times when I contemplate who will be our advocates in the matter of blatant government censorship. The ACLU? The ACLJ? Who? Since the courts have shown themselves to be indifferent to the tax matter in most plaintiffs' actions, and the courts have been ruthless in their attempts to put away defendants regardless of their arguments (read the information piece: "The Seven Habits of Highly Successful IRS Prosecutors" in our information section), who then is willing to take on such clients over a tax information censorship matter? The courts when petitioned to make determinations on tax law point to the legislative, as the judicial branch considers the confusion about our tax laws solely a "political matter". When the people approach the legislative to provide answers our representatives ignore the pleas for clarity with what are known as drop issue letters. These letters indirectly tell the constituent to kiss off. So citizens return back to the courts. Meanwhile in the executive branch the IRS just shrugs its collective shoulders as they enforce the wrong statutes upon a people who ask for clarity, but only get the circle jerk. Meanwhile the banksters at the Federal Reserve laugh all the way to their theft ring board meetings.

The Conspicuously Silent Ones

The Federal Reserve or The "Fed", the name in itself cleverly deceiving, manages to remain conspicuously silent over the tax issue even though they are directly responsible for it. They remain silent until they are periodically called to testify before Congress. Interestingly they answer to no one but Congress, even then "answering" to Congress is a bit of a stretch. Here the money masters send their accomplices in theft subtle messages on where they need to manipulate the economy to keep the "system" afloat. This is more telling then testifying to Congress on what they need to do on their end of the economic see-saw. Congress must attentively listen to the Fed Chairman during his testimony, as he relates the wishes of the Fed board. Congress can then begin plans to make the necessary adjustments on their end to bring a plan of economic stability forward. The legislative adjustments, not usually evident until 6 months to as much as a year down the road, need to be in alignment with the Fed's desires to make it all work. If you will notice the Fed Chairman speaks in generalities and never comes out and relates the real agenda of the Fed, so the Congress must decipher or read between the lines what the Fed is trying to say. Obviously if the Fed actually talked in plain terms the people just might catch on to what is really going on.

The Congress can use a number of mechanisms besides their strong arm executive agency to recapture their fraudulent currency, and we are by no means excusing the IRS for misapplication of the law during "enforcement", however the problem seems to be one of responsibility. No one is willing to take the blame for the blatant or intentional errors committed over the past, and now nearly 90 years since the advent of the central bank, the passing of the 16th Amendment, and the income tax which all occurred in the span of one year's time.

The Last Option and Only Solution?

What is the last option and only solution? Short of revolution, which would really be rebellion when you look at our standing laws, and our form of government - the solution would be nothing but utter and total preemptive forgiveness for Congress, the Courts, the IRS, and yes the Fed before conflict. A formal declaration of immunity to the perpetrators of this crime by the people of the United States, and in fact the entire world since we are the reserve currency for the world. Whether or not the world would forgive us and their own countries for allowing such domination is questionable. How forgiveness could be forwarded is also a good question. It certainly would be a monumental act of forgiveness which may just be impossible. However the alternative which we should expect if forgiveness is not offered or if realistically offered and then rejected would be continued and escalating tyranny by those involved in the conspiracy of fraud. Which is why we should expect selective censorship on the Internet - eventually, if a solution is not brought forth soon. We must remember those in power fear reprisal by the people if the fraud is ever exposed in the light of day, as it is being now - this is just human nature. Wouldn't you agree this is the real reason for tax education censorship, for fear of reprisal by the people since the economy can be manipulated many other ways other than by just excessive tax collection?

Short of complete forgiveness there is nothing that the tax honesty movement can offer. I shutter to think that blood shed is the last line of defense for the gross injustices that will continue by government if forgiveness is rejected by the conspirators. If rebellion did occur the real justice will have to be reserved for a later time when the shake out is complete and over with, and we can access the real damage done for the years of wealth rape and theft. If the first amendment is squelched before forgiveness can be effectively offered, I fear that we will relive a new level of lawlessness the country experienced at its founding, however the end results may not be the same.

Until then, if your favorite web sites do begin to disappear from the Internet there is an alternative waiting in the wings - it may even be more powerful, and more successful than the Internet! Stay tuned - more on this later in an upcoming Tax Freedom 101 Report.

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NEWS:
* Tax Freedom Day, When Does it Start for You?
As many readers of the Tax Freedom 101 Report probably already know, the "tax freedom" date for those citizens who know the actual law with respect to the filing of a return on "income" begins approximately three to four months earlier than the date cited by the following nonprofit tax "education" group in the article below. However for Taxpayers (one word) their analysis and date for tax freedom is right on.

Study: Americans Work More of Year to Pay Taxes
By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On average, Americans are working a longer part of the year to pay their federal, state and local taxes -- effectively having to wait until May 3 to earn money for themselves, the Tax Foundation group said on Friday.

The nonprofit tax education group also said the $1.6 trillion in tax cuts proposed by President Bush was not likely to prevent the tax freedom date from advancing further into May over the next 10 years.

The Tax Foundation said the tax relief would be offset by the tendency of the progressive income tax code to extract a larger and larger fraction of income in taxes as people advance into higher income brackets.

In its annual reminder of the tax burden, the foundation said the average taxpayer would have to work 122 days to earn enough to meet all their tax obligations for 2001. That was up from 121 days in 2000 and continued a decade-long trend.

``The bottom line is Americans will work longer into the year to pay their tax bill than they will work to pay for food, clothing and shelter combined,'' said Scott Hodge, executive director for the foundation.

For the rest of the story click here.

* Some Taxpayers Just Aren't Worth the Trouble
In the mix of "delinquents" as mentioned in the following article are many citizens who have stopped filing returns altogether. Shirley Peterson, a former IRS commissioner stated once that "One in five Americans have stopped filing returns", and that was some time ago. I wonder which "taxpayers" aren't worth the trouble? Maybe the ones who actual know the law and assert their rights? After reading "A Smaller I.R.S. Gives Up on Billions in Back Taxes" read the related article: "IRS Reluctant to Prosecute Well Prepared Patriots" from the October 3rd, 2000 edition of the Tax Freedom 101 Report - click here.

A Smaller I.R.S. Gives Up on Billions in Back Taxes
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON The New York Times

The Internal Revenue Service, its staff reduced by a sixth and its mission shifted to customer service, has virtually stopped pursuing more than one million tax delinquents.

The Internal Revenue Service, its staff reduced by a sixth since 1992 and its mission shifted to customer service, has virtually stopped pursuing more than one million tax delinquents and has sharply curtailed other kinds of enforcement.

More than a third of the three million Americans who are behind on paying their taxes have had their cases sent to an inactive file since the I.R.S. decided in June 1999 not to try to collect their debts, according to internal documents provided to The New York Times.

For just last year, the decision effectively wrote off $2.5 billion in taxes owed by 668,018 taxpayers, the documents show. In 1998, by contrast, just 98 taxpayers had their cases sent to the inactive file.

The I.R.S. defined the cases some involving as much as tens of thousands of dollars as too small to be worth going after, given its current resources, David A. Mader, I.R.S. assistant deputy commissioner, said yesterday. The criteria used by the I.R.S. to deactivate cases were blacked out from the documents, and Mr. Mader declined to discuss them.

For the rest of the story click here.

* Rossotti the Insider
IRS Boss Snagged Clinton Waiver
By John Berlau

Charles Rossotti held on to millions of dollars of stock in AMS, which has huge contracts with the IRS, but got a midnight waiver of conflict-of-interest rules from the Clinton team.

Two weeks ago when Insight was reporting potential conflicts of interest involving IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti’s large holdings in a company that does millions of dollars’ worth of business with his own agency (see “A Taxing Dilemma,” April 23), the IRS said not to worry. Rossotti is recused from dealing with the huge government contracts of American Management Systems (AMS), the company that he cofounded and of which he remains the major shareholder, said Frank Keith, the IRS’ national director of communications. “The commissioner has executed a viable and rigorous recusal process to separate himself from any dealings with AMS,” Keith insisted.

Now Insight has learned that in December 2000 the Clinton administration blew a very large hole in the wall that is supposed to separate Rossotti, whom Clinton appointed as commissioner in 1997, from dealing with his old company. Along with the last-minute pardons and “midnight regulations” that the administration rushed through in its last two months, it also issued a waiver of conflict-of-interest rules that allows Rossotti to participate in decisions that directly could affect the AMS bottom line.

Insight has obtained a copy of that waiver.

Signed on Dec. 11, 2000, by Clinton’s deputy Treasury secretary, Stuart Eizenstat, the waiver allows Rossotti to join in discussions and decisions about the IRS’ Custodial Accounting Project, which uses an automated financial-management system and software provided by AMS. “I have determined that your disqualifying financial interest in the Custodial Accounting Project [CAP], which arises from your ownership interest in American Management Systems Inc. [AMS], is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services that the government may expect to receive from you with respect to the CAP,” Eizenstat wrote. Clinton’s man noted that, without this waiver, federal law “would preclude [Rossotti] from participating in the CAP because certain decisions would have a direct and predictable effect on your financial interest in AMS.”

For the rest of this story click here.

* Ka-blam, Replacing Silhouettes with 1040's.
The natives (i.e. Taxpayers) are gettin-a-might restless, wouldn't ya say? Therapy for Taxpayers comes at the end of a gun?

Tax Blast targets IRS forms
By Associated Press

BANCROFT -- Dr. Carmen Steigman resents the $50,000 in taxes she has to pay this year, so she took pleasure in firing a 5-inch bullet into an IRS tax form this weekend.

"Yes, it was kind of gratifying," said Steigman, a Farmington Hills pathologist. "It was like, 'Here, Uncle Sam, this is for you.' "

At the "Tax Blast" on a remote farm in Shiawassee County, Steigman and about 75 other people paid $2 per bullet for the experience of firing a .50-caliber rifle into tax forms pinned up as targets.

The Michigan Militia and its Wayne County brigade sponsored the Saturday shootout two days before Mondays filing deadline. A .50-caliber gun brought by Dave Franey of Wyandotte was a favorite with the earplug wearing crowd.

"I love raw power. It's the same reason I love V-8 cars. I just enjoy shooting. After shooting that, it felt like I needed a cigarette -- and I don't smoke," Steigman said.

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INFORMATION:
* The Seven Habits of Highly Successful IRS Prosecutors
© 2001 SierraTimes.com

The recent Jim Bell trial revealed that IRS agents increasingly fear those outside the government and are reacting to that fear in an even more aggressive manner.
Testimony from several witnesses during the trial revealed that:

The Treasury Department is using increasingly sophisticated ("military grade") monitoring devices to surveil both individuals and numerous political groups, including political parties. Agents regularly monitor numerous newsgroups and forums on the internet, monitoring the writings of those who might be a threat to the IRS. When such writings are found, agents do extensive research and tie that in to a person's IRS records. Agents are increasingly using the address (and presumably, the mail facilities) of their IRS and ATF offices as the address on their automobile registrations, voter registrations, and other public documents.

The prosecution frequently insisted that revealing the home addresses of agents was harassment, and therefore a federal offense. So now IRS employees, all 105,000 or so of them, have the protection of the government. Just like the Stasi.

It's hard not to wonder how far down this road they intend to go. How much more paranoid can agents become? In spite of efforts to reform how the IRS treats ordinary taxpayers, review after review reveals that the IRS has not become the "kinder, gentler" agency that Congress has tried to legislate it into. Each year even more taxpayers feel the kindly attentions of the IRS. Why should increasing taxpayer hostility come as a surprise?

But for some reason, agents seem to be affronted by such hostility. With a "Who me?" innocence, they protest that they are merely "law enforcement officers", just doing their job.

Apparently part of the job is putting away people who say things that they don't like. One of the agents, Jeff Gordon, served as not only the investigator in the Bell case, but was also one of the "victims," and acted as the obvious driving force of the prosecution, often coaching the prosecutor on what questions to ask witnesses and managing the prosecution's exhibits.

Gordon wore his various hats well. Rumor has it that he's been asked to author the counterpoint of Bell's "Assassination Politics," and that the working title of his new work will be The Seven Habits of Highly Successful IRS Prosecutions.

One reporter claims (OK, not really) to have obtained an outline of this upcoming publication. It reads:

Habit 1: Do everything you can to entrap your prospective defendant. Send undercover agents out to aggressively pursue your target and propose that he engage in illegal actions. Look for any occasion to arrest him. Be creative: even jaywalking can be used to prove that the target intended to commit a more serious crime.

Habit 2: Keep reporters away from the trial by subpoenaing a few of them. You definitely don't want anyone unfriendly covering the trial. Forget about that pesky issue of any first amendment rights of journalists —or anybody else. Avoid acknowledging or dealing with free speech issues as much as possible. Where the matter of the defendant's free speech rights are brought up, declare that everything --including political speech-- is not covered by the First Amendment because the defendant "might have had the intention to harass federal agents."

Habit 3: Prosecute the defendant under a law that does not require that a crime actually be committed, but that you and other infinitely wise people in the IRS could clearly see in his mind that he intended to commit. Prove that he was going to commit the crime because you went around and told people that he was going to, which scared them.

Habit 4: Be sure the defendant is relatively poor, and doesn't have the kind of cash that would provide a good defense. By doing so, you can improve the hit rate of prosecutions, and gain more intimidation for the buck.

The chances for success can be further enhanced by using psychological warfare techniques against the defendant and his family. Even if his family has nothing to contribute to the proceedings, keep them out of the courtroom. A defendant without family support is a nervous defendant!

Do everything you can to quash the defendant's subpoenas to witnesses, but subpoena freely anyone and everyone that you want. And above all, don't let the defendant look at any of the evidence before the trial so that he can't help his court-appointed attorney prepare an effective defense.

Habit 5: Bring out everything that may be the least bit questionable that the defendant has done since he was born. Use anything and everything you can to scare jurors. Look for extremes. If the defendant is more intelligent, better-looking, or wealthier than the average juror, make that sound sinister. Again, be creative. Any characteristic or feature can be worked up into something to scare the jury into convicting him.

Relate the target's every possible action over the last few months or years to a sinister Grand Plan that the defendant has evolved and obviously intends to execute. Be sure to set the tone by choosing terms that will disgust or frighten a jury: use "stalking diary" for notebook; "terrorist" for chemist; "MIT" for brilliantly evil.

Habit 6: Cherry pick the judge. Be sure to find one who values political correctness over freedom of speech. If a judge is available who's not capable of understanding much of the detail of the case, so much the better.

Habit 7: Find a prosecutor who will accept your directions. Run the prosecution. Although the judge issues an order excluding all witnesses from the courtroom—and there's a highly visible sign outside the courtroom to that effect, make sure that you as the chief witness/investigator/victim are not only present in the courtroom, but managing the prosecution. Take copious notes so that you can address any of the loose ends that the defense might bring up. Those notes will come in handy when scripting the prosecutor's direct examination.

Several agents present at Bell's trial indicated that it should be a runaway best seller, primarily because they intend to give away millions of copies to their "customers."

Related Article: For hope please read: "The Tale of Two Cites - Examining the Civil and Criminal Sides of the Tax Issue. - click here.

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The Tax Freedom 101 Staff

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