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Dear We The People

• Most Citizens Are Not Required To File An Income Tax Return
• The 16th ("Income Tax") Amendment To The Constitution Is A Fraud
• If You File, You Waive Your 5th Amendment Rights
These are the major points expressed in a Remonstrance, soul of America needs illumination. Please join us. numerous penalties for not paying taxes owed. However -
that was hand delivered to leaders of the three branches of the
federal government on April 13, 2000, by a group of citizen-del- Legal Facts & Did You Know • The key word in the above warning is “owed.” Most citi-
egates representing all 50 states. These grievances concern zens aren’t required to file, so section 7201 is a false and
alleged illegal operations of the federal income tax system and clumsy threat.
the IRS.
Re: Proposition #1
The Remonstrance was signed by thousands of citizens, • The IRS routinely and falsely bases liens on a miss appli-
and was delivered as part of an event sponsored by We The Peo- • The issue of the fraudulent ratification of the 16th amend-
cation of alcohol-tobacco tax rules, and wrongfully applies
ple Foundation for Constitutional Education, a not-for-profit ment has never been decided by a court of law. The courts
them to ordinary income cases.
corporation dedicated to research and education in matters of have instead tossed the issue into the lap of Congress as a
taxation & governance. "political question," even though fraud is a clear issue for
• No law requires employees to provide a Social Security
judicial review, not a political question.
Number to an employer, nor for an employer to demand
THE MAIN PROPOSITIONS OF THE • A brief report printed by the Congressional Research Ser-
one from an employee.
REMONSTRANCE ARE: vice in 1985 states up front that, "The report does not
attempt to rebut specific factual allegations...." It then goes Re: Proposition #3
1) The 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the "income on to make the astonishing assertion that the actions of a
tax amendment") was fraudulently and illegally proclaimed government official must be presumed to be correct and • The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the fil-
to be ratified in 1913. Exhaustive legal research from both cannot be judged or overturned by the courts! (John Ripy, ing of an income tax return (Form 1040) and the infor-
state and national archives document conclusively that the "Ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment." CRS, 1985) mation on the 1040 is not compelled and, therefore, the
amendment did not even come close to being legally principle that no one may be forced to waive their 5th
approved by the required number of states. • An attorney speaking for Senator Orin Hatch in 1984 amendment rights in order to comply with a law is not
offered to pay former tax investigator William Benson a for- applicable to federal income tax returns.
The Courts have refused to hear this issue. tune not to publish his research proving that the 16th
amendment did not even come close to being legally rat- “The [5th Amendment] privilege protects against
“[Defendant] Stahl’s claim that ratification of the 16th Amendment was ified by the required number of states in 1913. compelled testimonial communications...”
fraudulently certified constitutes a political question because we could U.S. v. Conklin (1994), WL. 504211 (10th Cir. Colo.)
• Philander Knox, Secretary of State from 1909 to 1913 dur-
not undertake independent resolution of this issue without expressing ing the Taft administration, proclaimed the 16th amend- • No one has been able to collect the $50,000 reward offered
lack of respect due coordinate branches of government....” ment to be ratified just a few days before he left office, in by Bill Conklin (www.anti-irs.com) to anyone who can:
U.S. v Stahl (1986), 792 F2d 1438 1913, to make way for the Wilson administration, even
though he knew it had not been legally ratified. 1) show how to file a federal income tax return without
2) Filing a federal income tax return is, in fact, voluntary, waiving one's 5th amendment rights, and
because there is no statute or regulation that requires the • Philander Knox had for many years been the primary attor-
vast majority of U.S. citizens to file and pay income taxes ney for the richest men in America, including Carnegie, 2) identify the section of the Internal Revenue Code that
-- or to have taxes withheld from the money they earn. Rockefeller, Morgan and the Vanderbilts. He had created makes a typical worker liable to pay an income tax.
for them the largest financial cartel in the world. He was
Neither the IRS nor the Congress can cite appointed, at their request, as Attorney General in the
an authorizing law or regulation. McKinley/Roosevelt administrations, where he refused to The Internet Sites to
enforce the Sherman anti-trust laws against the cartel he
3) Citizens cannot "voluntarily" file a federal income tax had just created. Start Your Education:
return without surrendering their 5th amendment right
not to bear witness against themselves. • The income tax amendment was pushed through Congress www.givemeliberty.org
in 1909 by Sen. Nelson Aldrich, father-in-law of John D. Hosts of this ad and sponsors of the Remonstrance/Grievance
You can be criminally prosecuted Rockefeller, Jr. and grandfather and namesake of Nelson
for your "voluntary" return. A. Rockefeller, and would not have been ratified if Knox www.thelawthatneverwas.com
had not fraudulently proclaimed it so. Bill Benson's detailed legal research exposing the FRAUD-
On April 13, 2000, Robert Schulz, chairman of the Foun- ULENT RATIFICATION of the 16th Amendment
dation, and Joseph Banister, a former special agent of the Crim- • Example: Kentucky's legislature rejected the amend- *Buy his 2-volume report!
inal Investigation Division of the IRS (accompanied by a video- ment, but Knox counted Kentucky as having approved it.
grapher) delivered copies of the Remonstrance to designated www.taxableincome.net
officials of the three branches. • Example: Oklahoma's legislature changed the amend- Larken Rose’s detailed report proving that the income of most
At the White House and the Capitol, the delegates had the ment's wording so that it meant just the opposite of what Americans is not subject to the U.S. federal income tax.
opportunity to explain and discuss the contents of the Remon- was submitted to the states by Congress, but Knox count- *Free download of report, “Taxable income.”
strance, and to ask that the government send experts repre- ed Oklahoma as approving the amendment.
senting the three branches to a conference to be held in June,
www.freedomabovefortune.com
where those experts could debate the tax issues with a group IRS agent resigns in 1999 because the IRS refused to rebut his
• Example: Minnesota did not submit any results or copy
of researchers invited by the Foundation. research showing the illegal status of the income tax system.
of their vote to Knox, yet he counted Minnesota as approv-
The officials agreed to the idea of having such a conference, *Free viewing of report.
ing the amendment.
and the Foundation scheduled the meeting for June 29, 2000. www.anti-irs.com
The officials to whom the delegates delivered the Remon- • Legal scholars have agreed that if any state violated provi- A case in Federal Court of Appeals proves you cannot file
strance are: At the White House-Jason Furman, Senior Direc- sions of its own state constitution in the ratification process, an income tax return without waiving the 5th. Read about
tor and Senior Economic Advisor of the National Economic its approval would be null and void. At least 20 states were the $50,000 challenge!
Council; at the Capitol-Dr. William Koetzle, Legislative Direc- guilty of serious violations of their constitutions. For exam- *Buy his book.
tor for Speaker Hastert, and Keith Hennessey, Policy Director ple, Tennessee's constitution provided that the state legis-
for Senate Majority Leader Lott. lature could not act upon any proposed amendment to the
However, on June 2nd, the White House reneged on the U.S. Constitution submitted by Congress until after the next
promises it made during the April 13th meeting. As with three state legislative elections. Yet the Tennessee legislature
previous conferences, the government has again refused to acted on the proposed 16th amendment the same month Support your TRT: The Eye of Vigilance
debate the grievances. Jason Furman told Robert Schulz, "The it was received and before any elections. Should Never Be Closed.
legality of the income tax is not a high priority item at the White House, and we will
not participate in any conference on the subject." • Judges have been extraordinarily unwilling to allow defen-
dants in "failure to file" cases to present evidence or testi- NOTE: As this and prior messages
mony of expert researchers regarding the constitutional- demonstrate, your tyranny response
WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE
ity of the 16th amendment. team is concerned with unconstitutional
THE GOVERNMENT'S EVASION MUST BE and illegal behavior by government at
REGARDED AS AN ADMISSION. Re: Proposition #2 all levels - federal, state and local.
If the government has valid counter-arguments to the WE THE PEOPLE FOUNDATION
• Juries have been acquitting defendants in failure-to-file
Remonstrance, it should be a simple matter to clarify the law, FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
income tax return cases due to lack of demonstrable evi-
provide the appropriate regulatory references and promptly set-
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• An increasing number of employers have stopped with-
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God, the We The People Foundation offers the following facts,
and 1099s for the same reason. NEW YORK’S TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM
internet links and a challenge for each American:
• Read the facts for yourself. I ____________________________________, in view of my interest in constitutional govern-
• Unless one is a foreigner working in the U.S., or a U.S. cit- ment carried out in decency and good order, and in protecting, preserving and enhanc-
• Judge what is true.
izen earning money abroad, or a Federal employee, one is ing my individual liberty, rights and freedoms, especially as expressed in the New York
• Pass the truth on. State Constitution, declare and make my personal commitment as follows:
not liable for the income tax. Section 1.861-8(f) (1) of Title
26 CFR states how to determine taxable income from I am at least 18 years of age.
We hope you will join many who now believe that the time It is my understanding that the Foundation intends to establish an Institute headquar-
sources for purposes of the income tax.
has come for our government and our nation to begin a long- tered in Albany with field offices located in counties throughout the state, and with staff
attorneys and support personnel, for the purpose of educating government officials and
overdue process of public debates concerning the economic, the general public about the meaning, effect and significance of each provision of the New
• The OMB Number on From 1040 is cross-referenced in the
political and constitutional problems posed by the true legal York and U.S. Constitutions and the Declaration of Independence.
Code of Federal Regulations to the section covering taxes It is my understanding that the Foundation is in the process of developing a statewide
restrictions upon our current system of taxation. “Tyranny Response Team,” to be comprised of ordinary, non-aligned citizen taxpayers by
by resident aliens, which doesn't apply to most Americans.
As a nation of justice and due process, we cannot tolerate a the thousands to fund the Institute and its programs.
I desire and intend to be counted as a member of that “Tyranny Response Team.”
tax system, or a government, that seizes our property, sends us I hereby pledge to send the Foundation $_____ on the 1st of every month, for three years.
• Responding to an inquiry by a constituent who was a tax
to prison and induces fear in our hearts -- while refusing to pro- If, for any reason, I am unable to fulfill this obligation, I will simply notify the Founda-
consultant, Sen. Daniel Inouye wrote him that based on tion as soon as possible and my membership will not be affected.
vide us basic proof of their legal authority, clearly written tax
research performed by the Congressional Research Service, It is my understanding that any contribution I make to the Foundation will be deductible
codes and unambiguous legal ruling on Constitutional and from federal and state income taxes.
no provision of the Internal Revenue Code requires an indi-
legal issues concerning the income tax.
vidual to pay income taxes. The letter went on, remark- Signature:_____________________________________________________________________
We pray that you become convinced that nothing less than Address:______________________________________________________________________
ably, to issue a warning that Section 7201 sets forth Telephone:_________________________________ Fax:_______________________________
our freedoms, our property and our Republic are at stake. The E-Mail: _______________________________________________________________________

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