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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
Firstly, many people who advocate not paying U.S. Federal taxes earn so little income that the IRS likely doesn't even notice; if they do, won't bother pursuing the matter.
Secondly, the "elite" (people in power) make the rules ... the laws are smoke and mirrors for the average joe schmoe - giving people a sense they have protected rights when they often don't...
See how far the 4th amendment gets one if they are growing cannabis (marijuana) in the privacy of their own home ...
See how far the 1st amendment gets one who merely possesses (not even talking a producer) of "obscene" material, which itself isn't clearly defined; it's whatever the "elite" considers it to be for their convenience ...
Rights to a fair trial don't apply to all U.S. citizens; secret laws, secret trials, secret prisons ... all very spooky - sounds like the former U.S.S.R. and yet this is America 2006 ... and to be real, such shanagans isn't new, but has further expanded in the past 10 years; the Clinton administration were no saints either in that they allowed / supported such activities too.
In a nutshell, the law is what the "elite" (people in power) say they are to fit their agenda. All this talk about the U.S. Federal income tax being Constitutional or not doesn't mean diddly to them...
Sure occasionally a person here and there gets lucky challenging a law they disagree with, but that's about the same odds as winning the lottery, and it will likely cost that much too in time and effort - it's a gamble most people realistically aren't able to take and thus they are basically forced to tow the line ... ie. pay taxes as directed.
Ron
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Alot of this is true, but not the part about the IRS not coming after small cheats. Not too long ago, they came after someone over a few hundred bucks a couple of miles away from me. And the people in power think they are in power, but they really arent. They answer to the people if they would just excercise thier right to hold people accountable.
The fact of the matter is, the very first time that the government put some scam into play like a federal reserve bank or the income tax, the government should have been overthrown at once and the heads of state executed for treason. The problem today is no one wants to take drastic action, everyone wants to be a moderate and they would much rather have a few hundred circle jerk meetings than do anything sensible or productive like eliminate a problem once and for all.
Back in the old days, mayors and other comminity leaders worried about keeping enough people happy to stay alive. Because they knew that if they didnt, they'd be drug out into the streets and strung up, or gunned down or gotten rid of by an angry mob of citizens.