Q: What would you think about a country whose government made you fill out a signed confession once a year regarding your private, personal finances, and then told you that if they found "errors" in this confession that you could be penalized -- or even jailed?

A: I sure wouldn't like that... You're probably talking about the old Soviet Union, huh? Whatever country you're talking about, sure doesn't have our Constitution to protect its citizens!!!!

Q: How about also if the rules that this countries government made you follow to complete this confession were so mysterious and convoluted, that the government department overseeing these confessions did not know their own rules well enough to advise you on preparing your confession, and if you were foolish to take any of their advice, they would not stand behind it?

A: Boy!.... Come on! You're talking about Red China or North Korea, aren't you??..

Q: How about a country whose government which allows its agents to terrorize its citizens who make honest mistakes on these yearly confessions, or do not fill out their yearly confessions. How about agents from the supervising government agency who seize homes, cars, paychecks, bank accounts, sometimes at gunpoint from unarmed citizens without ANY court orders or ANY due-process-of-law?

A: Sure don't have to worry about that happening here in the good ole' U.S.A. . No way that could happen here, we've got the Constitution to prevent any Gestapo government agency from trying that here.....Come on, I'm curious.. What country is this that you are talking about???

Better sit down, my friend, it is the United States of America I'm talking about! In case you don't believe me, the "confession" I refer to, is the IRS 1040 form, which most Americans send into the Internal Revenue Service on April 15th. every year...

IF YOU FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE,   READ ON.....

THIS IS YOUR "MIRANDA" WARNING!!

This is same speech the police officer gives you when you are being arrested.. Where he tells you that "anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" .. The IRS tries to sugar-coat this warning in the Privacy Act Notice, to try and slip thru the fact that you are waiving your rights when you sign the 1040. For those of you who have never read the Privacy Act Notice in the 1040 instruction booklet, click here to learn just what "your" government is trying to slip past you.

YOU SHOULD THINK TEN TIMES (NOT TWICE!) BEFORE YOU WILLINGLY THROW AWAY YOUR GOD-GIVEN FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS!!

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the government from requiring you to bear witness against yourself.. That's why the police officer is required to read an exact prepared script when he arrests you. You may say: "I've done nothing wrong, so why would I be worried about incriminating myself?" .. This is the kind of attitude that America has today, that basically says ....

"Why should I care about losing my privacy or Constitutional Rights .. I've done nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide! I'm a law-abiding citizen!" ..

This is a very bad attitude to have, since unless we ALL guard our Constitutional Rights jealously and vigorously, we will wake up some morning, in the not very distant future and find we have NO Constitutional Rights left!!!

In the case of your 1040, the IRS calls it a "return", but in reality, IT IS A CONFESSION!! AND WHEN YOU FILL IT OUT EVERY APRIL, YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR FIFTH AMENDEMENT RIGHTS! You may think  you've done nothing wrong, and filled out your "confession" honestly, but when the IRS itself cannot offer accurate guidance on deductions, laws, etc.. that it's willing to stand behind, and the tax code is so convoluted that 10 accountants given the same information, will come up with 10 wildly differing tax amounts, you will make a mistake, and by signing your 1040 in the space provided, you are giving up your Constitutionally-guaranteed Fifth-Amendment Right against self-incrimination.

DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT????

You Should Feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!!!

If you do not believe the above, just ask your accountant, tax-preparer, or tax attorney this question:

IF I FILE THIS RETURN, CAN THE IRS/GOVERNMENT USE IT TO PROSECUTE ME FOR ANY CRIMES?

Odds are, your accountant, tax-preparer or tax attorney  will tell you "SURE THEY CAN!"

* If they don't tell you this, then they are LYING to you...

ONE MORE TIME ... DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT????

You Should Feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!!! (UNLESS YOU ARE DEAD!!)

As if this travesty of justice weren't enough, you may be interested to know one other thing about the income tax and payment thereof, here in the U.S. .. It is .....

VOLUNTARY!!

This stunning fact is constantly repeated by Congressmen, the Commissioner of the IRS, the Supreme Court...If you find this hard to believe, I can surely understand, due to the continuous brainwashing the American public gets by the media/press. No less than the Supreme Court of the land, has said this many times ....

"Our system of taxation is based upon voluntary assessment and payment, not upon distraint."

-- The Supreme Court, Flora v. United States, 362 U.S. 145, pg. 176

If you read the Internal Revenue Code, you can easily find the Sections of the Code that deal with Alcohol and Tabacco taxes, several of the many other taxes that are covered by the Code. These other taxes, usually called "occupational" taxes, are mandatory.. i.e.: if you produce, sell or handle the product you MUST pay the tax.. The Internal Revenue Code is VERY clear on these taxes, and the Sections that cover each tax are clear as to who is required to pay the tax, what the tax rate is, and the penalties if the tax is not paid. For example, Section 5111 and others clearly cite who is liable for the Liquor Tax, Section 5555 and 5603 cite the requirement for persons liable for the tax to keep books and records, Section 5081 cites the the imposition and rate of the tax, Section 5691 cites penalties for non-payment of the liquor tax, and Section 5601 and 5681 cite seizure and forfeiture penalties for non-payment of the liquor tax..

Now, a reasonable man would assume that seeing how clear the Internal Revenue Code Sections were for the Liquor Tax, that that same clarity would apply also to the Income Tax...If you assumed this, you would be VERY WRONG!  When you search the Internal Revenue Code for like Sections covering the Income Tax, you find NO Code Sections covering these topics for the Income Tax. The author of the book has been studying the Internal Revenue Code for over 20 years and has never found any Section that requires Americans to file or pay income taxes. In fact, the author has a standing offer of $5,000 to anyone who can show such a law in the Code. The offer has been standing for over 7 years and no accountant, no tax attorney, no IRS official, not anyone has been able to cite any law to claim the reward.

In order to deceive the public, the Internal Revenue Code was VERY carefully written to make paying income taxes appear mandatory when they MUST be voluntary, to meet the Constitutional test.. What the IRS does is use Internal Revenue Code sections that cover the mandatory liquor and tabacco taxes to spoof the American public into believing that they also apply to income taxes, INCLUDING THE PENALTY SECTIONS!!. The book clearly shows the reader that this is NOT the case. The Internal Revenue Code has been written VERY carefully to make it appear that the penalties that apply to non-payment of tabacco and liquor taxes also apply to income taxes. Even after all of this crafty work in the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS still freely admits to the voluntary nature of the income tax. When we look up the word "voluntary" in the dictionary, we find the following definition of the word:

"The IRS' primary task is to collect taxes under a voluntary compliance system"

-- Jerome Kurtz, Former IRS Commissioner, 1980

"Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance"

-- Mortimer Caplin, IRS Audit Manual

"Only the rare taxpayer would be likely to know that he could refuse to produce his records to IRS agents... Who would believe the ironic truth that the cooperative taxpayer fares much worse than the individual who relies upon his constitutional rights"

--Judge Cummings, U.S. Federal Judge, in US. v. Dickerson (7th Circuit 1969)

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Federal appeals court for CA, AZ, NV, UT, OR) has ruled that the zero-income return is a valid return. The book provides an attachment to append to your 1040 form which, in effect, asserts your 5th Amendment rights, and short-circuits the IRS' ability to assess a $500 "frivolous" return penalty, for which there is NO legislative regulation.

I've shared the knowledge from this book with many of my coworkers and friends, most of whom initially warned me that I was sticking my head in the lion's mouth, so to speak. After reading the book themselves, virtually all of them were convinced that what the author said was true. In my opinion, if the reader has the capability to think for himself, the facts presented in the book will speak for themselves, and the reader will see that, we, the American people, have been hoaxed, lied to, brainwashed, and extorted of TRILLIONS of our hard-earned dollars over the last 50+ years. Many people whom I've introduced to this information, have told me after reading the book that somehow they'd  felt that the "income-tax" was a scam, and that reading the book simply showed them that the truth they suspected was, in reality, actually the truth.

Let me say to those who might call me unpatriotic (or worse) because I do not feel compelled to pay a tax that the government repeatedly tells us is voluntary, but then extorts from us anyway. I served in the armed forces, initially drafted in 1969, and spent a year in Vietnam. When I received my draft notice, I seriously considered joining other young men my age who were leaving the country for Canada, but since I loved the U.S., I felt that it was my duty to do what my country told me to do. Call it the idealism of a 19 year old... Fast-Forward 31 years later, a much wiser 50 year old, who has seen the country that he still loves, going down the drain, due to the fraudulent and criminal behavior of its government today. I still love America, the country, the people, as much as I ever did, but I have no respect for the government that currently barely pays lip service to the Constitution that so many people over the years have died to protect.  

This government, through its rampant-unelected-alphabet-soup bureaucracies, routinely "enact" "rules" and "regulations" that are passed off as laws, that are rapidly destroying our God-given Constitutional Rights. Congress turns its back on these bureaucracies and allows them to promulgate these "rules" as if they were Congressionally passed laws. This is primarily how the IRS gets away with its atrocities....

This government routinely sends billions of dollars overseas to countries who do not conceal their contempt for us, which puts our countries budget billions of dollars in debt. This government sends billions of dollars to the United Nations, who desperately want to take away every countries sovereignty, and create their "New World Order"....

This government passes laws which causes millions of well-paying jobs to go overseas, causing higher and higher unemployment here.. This government continually takes a larger and larger bite of our inflation-ridden paychecks.. and they want still more... A little research shows that the average American wage-earner pays over 50% of his wages to federal/state/local taxes. And, let's not forget, this government, specifically the Federal Court system, which supports and encourages employees of the IRS to perform acts in violation of the Constitution, even though in their own manuals and handbooks the IRS warns its agents of the need to operate in a Constitutional manner. For example: from the "Legal Reference Guide for IRS Revenue Officers" , sections 332 and 334.3, the following excerpts::

Excerpt of section 332... "An occasion may arise where service of a levy or notice of levy to seize property of the taxpayer. However it cannot be emphasized too strongly that constitutional guarantees and individual rights must not be violated. Property must not be forcibly removed from the person of the taxpayer. Such conduct may expose a revenue officer to an action in trespass, assault and battery, conversion etc... If there is reason to suspect a failure to honor a notice of levy or an interference with a levy, the matter should be referred for proper legal action against the offending party...." ... "Before levies and seizures of properties located on private premises are made, permission of the occupant of the premises on which seizure is to take place must be obtained.

While Section 334.3(2) says, in part: "As previously indicated, force should not be used in seizing property of a taxpayer."

These excerpts are only two of many that are shown in the book, along with many other full excerpts from the Internal Revenue Code, that show the criminal nature of the IRS, along with the Federal Judiciary. We've all seen the media accounts of IRS agents storming into houses and seizing everything in sight.. Here's just one of many examples in the book, and one of many more that take place everyday...

This incident involved a couple from Fairbanks, Alaska. The IRS claimed that Stephen and Mona Oliver owed the government $4,700 and had filed a notice of levy on their wages. The Olivers disagreed with the assessment, and had sought a court hearing, whereupon the IRS apparently decided to teach them a lesson...... ..by grabbing their 1970 Volkswagen while it was parked in downtown Fairbanks. The Olivers, however, locked themselves in the car and refused to hand over the keys, whereupon IRS agents smashed the windows, dragged Mona Oliver out of the car and across the sidewalk littered with broken glass and towed their car away - in full view of astonished bystanders and a local newspaper photographer.

Apparently these IRS officers neglected to read and understand their manual (or the Constitution). In any case, these IRS agents should have been arrested for assault and battery and car theft but they weren't because such IRS marauders are protected by the equally criminal Justice department and the court system. It would be bad enough if this were an isolated case, having occurred back in 1982, and the IRS is now obeying the Constitution, and its own rules, but this is definitely NOT the case.

You will see the many continuing cases of criminal abuse against citizens of the United States. You will see accounts of families being financially ruined by the IRS, property seized without any kind of due-process, i.e. a court order to seize the property.. i.e. What the Constitution, specifically the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, demands of the government......  The IRS actually admits in several of their internal procedural manuals that there are two ways to seize property, "judicially" and "administratively".. In case you aren't aware, "judicially" means that the IRS goes in front of a judge, and gets a Court Order, then sends a U.S. Marshal out to seize the property, thus obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution AND the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act. "Administratively" means the IRS decides YOU owe a certain amount of money, and they THEY then send IRS Revenue Agent(s) out to seize your property, all without ANY oversight by a judge..Just another shot at the Constitution... Guess which method the IRS prefers???

The mainstream media does not seem to publicize these cases of abuse any longer, due to what I can only attribute to the media's belief that these people who are being persecuted are themselves, criminals, so therefore they are getting what they deserve. Since the vast majority of Amercans still believe that they are required to file and pay "income-tax", they tend to think that people who don't pay this bogus tax are "freeloaders" and are not paying "their fair share".. The media, better known today, as the U.S. Department of Propaganda, does NOTHING to dispell this notion, thus, Americans will NEVER learn the truth about the "income-tax" from the mass media...

Some of what I've said in this article may not be clear to you, or you may say "that cannot be"... As I've said before, we've all been brainwashed by the government/media since we were children, to believe that the income tax is mandatory, and as American as Mom and Apple Pie... THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND FOREVER!!!!! By this time, you are probably wondering the name of this book... It has a very appropriate name, which describes the resemblance of the IRS to the Mafia. The author has chosen to call the book

"THE FEDERAL MAFIA" ...

Here's a quote from the back cover of the book. It sort of sums up what you'll discover, to your dismay, when you read the book.....

A Book That Will Convince You That ORGANIZED CRIME In America Begins with the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!

Discover For Yourself Why.....

There is always an element of risk in standing up for one's lawful rights in the face of an oppressive taxing authority, backed by a biased judiciary. 

You may have noticed that I have used the term "persecute" rather than "prosecute" when referring to the activities of the IRS. This is intentional.

per·se·cute, 'p&r-si-"kyüt, v, 1: to harass in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief, 2 to annoy with persistent or urgent approaches (as attacks, pleas, or importunities)

pros·e·cute, 'prä-si-"kyüt, v, 1a : to bring legal action against for redress or punishment of a crime or violation of law, 1b: To institute and carry on a legal suit or prosecution.

Since the IRS operates outside of the law and the Constitution, it should be abundantly clear to the reader which term pertains to the IRS.......

I once heard an interesting reference to the IRS as being an 800-pound gorilla. After reading this book, I think you'll see that the IRS is actually a monkey holding a tin cup. Here's another quote from the book that puts it all in perspective:

"In a recent conversation with an official of the Internal Revenue Service, I was amazed when he told me that, 'If the taxpayers of this country ever discover that the IRS operates on 90% bluff, the entire system will collapse'."

--Senator Henry Bellmon (1969)

--President Ronald Reagan, May 1983, Williamsburg, VA

We, the American public, need to "discover that the IRS operates on 90% bluff".... I've found that even on the Internet, which is usually open to different ideas, if you start a discussion about this subject in one of the tax-oriented discussion groups, you will get the entrenched interests, i.e.: accountants, tax preparers, especially lawyers, people whose livelihood depends on the status-quo remaining with regard to income tax. They will call you crazy, tell you that you are going to jail because "everybody knows the income tax is mandatory"

Just to inject a little levity into a very bad situation, call up your local IRS office, and acting like a dumb taxpayer, ask the agent that answers.. "Say.. I heard that the income tax was voluntary...". The agent will say "yes it is.." then something like "we're proud of our voluntary compliance program" .. (What the heck is "voluntary compliance"? that's a oxymoron if I ever heard one.. Look those two words up in the dictionary if you want a laugh) .. Then say "Well, I don't want to volunteer....", You'll be immediately told that you have to.. You can get a really fun argument going if you get a "slow" IRS agent on the phone. Some of the brighter ones will tell you that their "voluntary compliance program" is like the traffic laws. HUH? You know.. When the light goes red, you voluntarily stop... OK, suppose I don't want to stop? Then you will get a ticket or get into an accident... I guess you have to have a bureaucratic mindset to be able to understand that ... I sure don't... Another fun and enlightening thing to ask while you've got the IRS on the phone is, to ask them to name the law that requires you to pay income tax.. Now for any other type of law, such as motor vehicle laws, you ask a cop what ordinance requires you to stop at a stop light and he'll rattle it off to you in jiffy. Now, with income tax and the IRS, this just ain't so... Some agents will tell you one law and some will tell you another. No one at IRS knows the answer to this question, because THERE IS NO LAW!!

If you are really into good clean fun, get a copy of the Internal Revenue Code, get familiar with it (at least as familiar as you can.. It's a real can of worms) then call the IRS and ask the question for the law again. If you get a honest agent, he may say 'I don't know', or one of the "sharpies", may quote you the Internal Revenue Code section that covers Gambling tax or Tabacco tax, as the law that requires payment of income tax. The fines and penalties that the IRS cites to intimidate the American Public into paying up to 28% of their wages into the black hole of a run-away bureaucracy are the mandatory alcohol and tabacco tax regulations, also in the Internal Revenue Code. Since no one understands or CAN understand the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS gets away with this 95% of the time.

This book and others, along with many patriot organizations today are making headway towards making the American Public aware of this sleight-of-hand being perpetrated on them by this government. What is very sad and is an indictment of the state of gullibility of the American public today, is that the majority of people will believe uncritically what they are told by the IRS and will not make any effort to verify the answers given to them. Far too many people today still fall for the "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you..." theme. There are few more dangerous assumptions that a citizen can make when dealing with the government. Anyone who relies on any advice they receive from the IRS is taking their financial life in their hands. You may have seen the CBS-TV '60 Minutes" segment that interviewed several ex-IRS agents who reported that IRS agents are taught to lie and mislead taxpayers and knowingly violate the Constitutional provisions of their office. A Supreme Court decision has recently come to light that addresses this aspect.... 

--Federal Crop Insurance Corp vs. Merrill (332 U.S. 380-388)

For those of you who have forgotten or have never been taught what rights the 4th and 5th Amendments guarantee us...

The 4th Amendment To The United States Constitution

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The 5th Amendment To The United States Constitution

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

You may ask, if everyone stopped paying income taxes, how would the Government function? It would certainly function a lot more like the founding fathers intended, instead of the wasteful manner in which it operates now. Some people ask, What would pay for the highways? (The fuel tax you pay everytime you fill up..).. What would pay for schools? (Paid from local and State taxes).. The record shows that less than 30% of the Federal Budget every year goes to pay for things that the founding fathers of this still-great country and the Constitution mandate to the Federal Government, such as defense. The other 70% goes to things that the socialistic "leaders" of this Government have come up with to transfer hard-earned dollars from the people who earned them to others who did not earn them. These items are euphemistically known as "entitlements". I believe things like education, welfare, and other grass-roots things such as these are best handled by state and local governments, not the Federal Government. If the Federal Government only did the things intended for it to do, by the Founding Fathers and the Constitution, I believe we would not have any need for any national tax of any kind.

I'm reminded of the story of the two turtles who fell into two different pots of water over a fire. The first turtle fell into the pot that was nice and cool, and he just floated there, and relaxed, and didn't notice as the water temperature rose until it was almost boiling, but by then it was too late, and the first turtle was boiled alive.

The second turtle jumped into the other pot that was already boiling and he jumped with all his might and was able to escape with only minor injuries.

America is like the first turtle, we are slowly being boiled alive by the our government. Unless we do something very soon, America will become what the Soviet Union was (and some believe still is)..... You might be wondering why the American Flag at the top of the page is upside down and has a black band through it. This is the universal sign of of distress and mourning. I'm displaying the flag this way, due to the fact that we, as Americans, should be in mourning due to our country slowly dying from the many attacks against the Constitution that occur daily. It is still not too late for us as citizens of the United States to arise from our slumber and say to the Government:

WE THE PEOPLE, WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE YOUR LYING TO US,  STEALING FROM US,  ATTACKING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND GENERAL CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.

If what I've told you in this report, makes you as mad as it did me, when I first discovered this 50 year-old scam being perpetrated on the American People by its government, you'll want to buy and read this book AND contact the Freedom Foundation at the address below.. 

FREEDOM FOUNDATION
544 E. Sahara Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
(702) 385-6920, (702) 385-6917 FAX and (800) 829-6666 Toll Free

The "Federal Mafia" is $38.00 and is available from the above address

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER

I am NOT an attorney, and this page does NOT offer legal advice.

This page was written by me to spread the word about this scam being perpetrated on the American Public and only claims to teach the truth, as I and many others, see it.

I am not employed by, and nor do I represent the above Freedom Foundation in any manner..

I DO NOT accept ANY responsibility if you study the procedures given in the author's book and on this page, and apply them to your situation and are then persecuted by the IRS.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES GIVEN IN THE AUTHOR'S BOOK UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE MATERIAL AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF YOUR ACTIONS!

I firmly believe in the truth of the above information and the contents of the authors book, but you take all risk in applying these procedures to your "income tax" situation.

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