Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00384)

>From: RebelHeavy@aol.com
>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 14:44:00 EST
>To: SNETNEWS@world.std.com, wethepeople@onelist.com
>Subject: SNET: 15 Commonly Held Beliefs
>
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>     Some interesting assertions about Social Security Numbers, IRS, Federal
>Reserve and how they pertain to you.
>
>http://www.informamerica.com/Articles/beliefs.htm
>
>
>So lets briefly examine the following fifteen commonly held BELIEFS that
MOST
>Americans BELIEVE to be "true for a fact" and separate BELIEF from REALITY.
>
>BELIEF #1:
>
>Is that you live in a democracy. After all, doesnt our own president keep
>referring to America as a "democracy" whose job it is to make the whole WORLD
>"safe for democracy"? The FACT is that America is NOT a democracy and never
>HAS been. America is a REPUBLIC. Article 4, Section 4 of the U.S.
Constitution
>states: "the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
>REPUBLICAN Form of Government". You pledge allegiance "... to the REPUBLIC
for
>which it stands UNDER GOD..." The word "democracy" does NOT appear in the
>Constitution, the constitutions of any of the 50 states, or the
Declaration of
>Independence. ALL democracies throughout history have died when a majority of
>the public realized they could vote themselves their "FAIR SHARE" of the
>benefits from the public trough. Samuel Adams, Father of the American
>Revolution, stated: "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes itself. there
>never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide". Its not Americas
job
>to make the whole WORLD "safe for democracy". Democracy isnt SAFE ! Its
>Americas job to defend and protect our constitutional God Given/Inspired
>REPUBLIC.
>
>BELIEF #2:
>
>Is that the GOVERNMENT grants us our rights, such as our "right" to a good
>education, and that the job of the COURTS is to defend our rights FOR us. The
>FACT is, YOUR rights come from GOD, not from ANY creation of MAN. Its NOT
the
>job of the court, your Congressman or anyone ELSE to assert and defend YOUR
>God-given rights, its YOUR job. Its the COURTs job to merely see that
>JUSTICE is EQUALLY served.
>
>BELIEF #3:
>
>Is that the Federal Reserve System is a government agency. The FACT is that
>the Federal Reserve is a PRIVATE, FOR PROFIT corporation, as confirmed by the
>9th Circuit Court when it ruled on June 24, 1982 in the case LEWIS vs. United
>States:
>
>
>
>"We conclude that the [Federal] Reserve Banks are NOT federal... but are
>independent, PRIVATELY owned... corporations... without day to day direction
>from the federal government".
>
>
>
>The Federal Reserve in no more FEDERAL than Federal Express. You won't
find it
>listed in the phone book under GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. Youll find it in the
>WHITE pages along with OTHER private businesses. The Federal Reserve pays
ZERO
>federal and state income tax, just PROPERTY taxes on its buildings, and has
>NEVER to this day been fully audited by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
>And there are NO reserves, as the Boston Federal Reserve Bank admits in its
>publication "PUTTING IT SIMPLY":
>
>
>
>"When you or I write a check there must be sufficient funds in our account to
>cover that check, but when the Federal Reserve writes a check, it is creating
>money".
>
>
>
>Under fractional reserve banking, the "Fed" creates money out of THIN AIR by
>LENDING it into circulation FULL face value PLUS INTEREST. Since FUTURE loans
>must be issued to CREATE the money to PAY this interest, the federal debt can
>NEVER mathematically be repaid, in spite of all the political rhetoric.
>
>
>BELIEF #4:
>
>
>
>Is that inflation is a NATURAL and unavoidable phenomenon. The TRUTH is that
>inflation is ENGINEERED as each new paper lent dollar into circulation
REDUCES
>the value of all dollars ALREADY in existence. Experience has taught the
"Fed"
>that a 5% annual DEVALUATION of the money supply can be consistently
>maintained without alarming the public. To date, this insidious tax has
>gradually ROBBED Americans of over 90% of their purchasing power, thereby
>generating TRILLIONS of dollars in profits to the private banking monopoly
>that RENTS us our money supply.
>
>
>BELIEF #5:
>
>
>
>Is that our government owes the currently $5.5 TRILLION dollar debt to
ITSELF.
>Of course if that were TRUE, the government could simply FORGIVE itself its
>OWN DEBT and START OVER ! the fact is that the government owes the debt to
the
>Federal Reserve System. Or, more accurately, to the mostly FOREIGN FAMILIES
>who lobbied certain Congressmen to RAMROD through the Federal Reserve Act
back
>in 1913 and to this day comprise Class "A" voting STOCKHOLDERS of the Federal
>Reserve System.
>
>
>
>BELIEF #6:
>
>
>
>Is that the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - the so called "INCOME
>TAX" amendment - AUTHORIZED the income tax. Not according to the SUPREME
>COURT, it didnt ! The high court ruled in 1916 in STANTON vs. BALTIC
MINING -
>a case that has NEVER been overturned - that the 16th Amendment conferred,
and
>I quote:
>
>
>
>"... no new power of taxation".
>
>
>
>Imagine that ! The highest court in the land ruling that the 16th changed
>absolutely NOTHING ! Why not ? Because the 16th Amendment did NOT REPEAL
>Article 1, Section 2 Clause 3 or Article 1, Section 9, Clause 4 of the
>Constitution, which absolutely FORBID Congress from DIRECTLY taxing a U.S.
>citizen ! So why WAS the 16th written? to create the ILLUSION of a new
>authority to directly tax U.S. citizens, an illusion upon which the IRS still
>relies.
>
>
>
>BELIEF #7
>
>
>
>And so it seems BEYOND obvious to say so - is that the purpose of the income
>tax is to raise revenue to pay for the day-to-day operations of the federal
>government. Not according to the Grace Commission. On January 15, 1984, this
>private-sector, blue ribbon committee, impaneled by President Ronald
Reagan to
>find ways to cut government spending, stated in their final report to the
>president:
>
>
>
>"... 100% of what is collected is absorbed SOLELY by interest on the Federal
>Debt... all individual income tax revenues are gone BEFORE one NICKEL is
spent
>on the service taxpayers expect from government".
>
>
>
>The FACT is that not ONE DOLLAR of personal income tax collected by the IRS
>goes to pay for government services, but actually goes to pay the INTEREST on
>our "DEBT" to the Federal Reserve.
>
>
>
>Then why ARE income taxes collected? Again lets hear the TRUTH directly from
>the source. In a paper titled "Taxes For Revenue Are Obsolete", published in
>the January 1946 issue of AMERICAN AFFAIRS, Beardsley Ruml, then Chairman of
>the powerful New York branch of the Federal Reserve System, revealed:
>
>
>
>"... the most important SINGLE purpose to be served by the imposition of
>federal taxes is the maintenance of a dollar which has stable purchasing
power
>over the years. "Without the use of federal taxation, all other means of
>stabilization... are unavailing".
>
>
>
>In other words, the TRUE purpose of the income tax is to maintain economic
>CONTROL. By siphoning off excess dollars from circulation, the inflation -
>perhaps even the hyperinflation - that would ordinarily result from issuing
>too much PAPER money can be masked. Now you know the truth BEHIND the income
>tax.
>
>
>BELIEF #8:
>
>
>
>Is that the Internal Revenue Code is so bewildering in its complexity that
>its beyond the comprehension of mere mortals.
>
>
>
>Thats simply not true. In fact, Ive given the code to several TWELVE-YEAR-
>OLDS to read and they had NO problem understanding it at ALL ! Its
written in
>plain English. To understand the code, you simply start with the INDEX. If
>youre involved in activities relating to, for example, gifts, trusts,
estates
>or the manufacture of alcohol or tobacco products, go to those chapters and
>locate the LIABILITY statutes to see what youre required to file and pay.
>However, if youre NOT involved in those activities, youre not the
"TAXPAYER"
>of those taxes and can IGNORE those chapters completely. Repeated warnings
>from the government and the media have probably led you to BELIEVE that
>EVERYONE has a requirement to file income tax returns and owes their "FAIR
>SHARE" of the income tax whether they LIKE paying it or not. Otherwise, why
>would MILLIONS of blank Form 1040s be piled up each spring in post offices
>and libraries across America? Why else would the IRS MAIL one to MILLIONS of
>American homes each year? So does EVERYONE owe the income tax? Who DID
>Congress make liable ? Was it YOU ? To see where Congress made the U.S.
>Citizen working within the fifty states liable for the tax on his OWN
>"INCOME", simply read chapters through six of the code which cover the tax on
>"INCOME" and locate the corresponding liability statute. GOOD LUCK,
because it
>doesnt EXIST ! You can scan the ENTIRE code by computer on a CD-ROM or on-
>line on the Internet: (http://TeamInfinity.com/~ralph/code/t26.html) and I
>GUARANTEE you wont find it. THOUSANDS have looked with a fine tooth comb and
>its just NOT THERE. If you do not BELIEVE me, try it YOURSELF. The ONLY
>liability of the U.S. Citizen is when WITHHOLDING from a FOREIGNER or when
>working OVERSEAS in a FOREIGN country under a current tax treaty with the
U.S.
>Now, your tax professional may point to code section 1 which imposes the
>income tax on "individuals", but research the underlying Treasury regulations
>for code section 1 and you will discover that the "individual" referred to is
>one with FOREIGN source income ONLY ! Which is why, as outrageous as it may
>sound, it is absolutely CORRECT to state that, unless in receipt of FOREIGN
>source income, you are not NOW paying the income tax nor have you EVER paid
>one DIME in income tax your entire LIFE ! But how could this POSSIBLY be true
>since youve always filed Form 1040, most likely because you BELIEVE, and
this
>is...
>
>
>
>
>
>BELIEF #9:
>
>
>
>Is that the IRS intended Form 1040 to be used by ALL working Americans to
>report their income. Not according to the Department of the Treasury which
>supervises the IRS. Treasury Department Decision 2313 issued on March 21,
>1916, states:
>
>
>
>"The responsible heads, agents, or representatives of NONRESIDENT ALIENS...
>shall make a full and complete return of the INCOME there-from on Form
>1040...".
>
>
>
>As further proof, under the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act, Congress made the
>Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the watchdog required to approve ANY
>government agency form that asks for information from a U.S. citizen.
>According to the OMB and the National Office of the IRS, the REQUIRED form
for
>a U.S. Citizen to use to report income is NOT Form 1040, its Form 2555,
>titled "FOREIGN Earned Income". The top of the Form 2225 says "attach to
front
>of Form 1040". Form 1040 "U.S. Individual Income Tax Return" is merely a
>SUPPLEMENTAL worksheet to the REQUIRED Form 2555, which states "for use by
>U.S. Citizens...".
>
>
>
>Apparently the IRS DOES know the difference between an "INDIVIDUAL" and a
>"CITIZEN". Sure, youve been filing and signing Form 1040 all along, swearing
>under penalties of perjury that everything listed on it IS income to you
>REGARDLESS of its source, foreign or otherwise. And since committing
>
>
>
>perjury would be a FELONY, the IRS is correct in PRESUMING that you have
sworn
>to tell the TRUTH. Which is why they dont tear up your 1040 and mail your
>check back with a letter explaining your mistake. Now you understand the REAL
>meaning of "VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE"! So if you havent been paying the INCOME
>tax, what HAVE you been paying? Youve been paying the EMPLOYMENT tax,
>otherwise known as the WAGE or SOCIAL SECURITY tax. The EMPLOYMENT TAX is
>found in chapters twenty-one through twenty-five of the code, and has NOTHING
>WHATSOEVER to do with the income tax under the law. And who is liable for the
>EMPLOYMENT TAX? the "EMPLOYEE", a legally defined term with in the law. So is
>EVERYONE who works for someone else AUTOMATICALLY an "EMPLOYEE"? No, only
>working VOLUNTEERS. Those who VOLUNTEERED to apply for a Social Security
>Number. Those who VOLUNTEER to use that number to build up credits towards
>retirement and other federal benefits. Those who VOLUNTEER to sign a Form W-4
>"Employees Withholding ALLOWANCE Certificate" and ALLOW taxes to be withheld
>from their paycheck. Which leads us to...
>
>
>
>
>BELIEF #10:
>
>
>
>That submitting the W-4 is REQUIRED by law. Its NOT ! The fact IS that there
>is NO law requiring ANY worker to execute a Form W-4. Its STRICTLY ELECTIVE.
>Of course, it APPEARS mandatory, since most employers wont hire you without
>one. why not ? Because theyve NEVER read the ACTUAL LAW, so they BELIEVE
its
>required. The W-4 is a PERMISSION SLIP that allows an "EMPLOYER" - another
>legally defined term - to withhold taxes from an "EMPLOYEE". So is EVERYONE
>who hires others AUTOMATICALLY an "EMPLOYER"? No, only one who has signed
Form
>SS-4 "Application For Employer Identification Number". As you may have
guessed
>now, THATs not required either ! After all, an application is ALWAYS
>voluntary, isnt it? Otherwise, thered be no reason to apply! The proper
>paperwork to STOP tax withholding in the workplace is explained in 26 Code of
>Federal Regulations, section 1.1441-5 and in IRS Publication 515, which in
>speaking to the withholding agent states:
>
>
>
>"If an individual gives you a written statement stating that he or she is a
>CITIZEN or RESIDENT of the United States, and you do not know OTHERWISE, you
>do NOT have withhold tax".
>
>
>
>Imagine THAT ! One who hires other does NOT need to be an unpaid bookkeeper
>for the federal government! And a worker doesnt HAVE to give the government
>an interest-free loan. Since everyone asks for your Social Security Number,
>you probably BELIEVE and this is...
>
>
>
>
>BELIEF #11:
>
>
>
>That you are REQUIRED to obtain a number for yourself and your child. Not
true
>and NEVER has been. The fact IS, as the Social Security Administration
readily
>admits in its standard form letter to ANYONE who asks:
>
>
>
>"The Social Security Act does NOT require a person to have a Social Security
>number in order to live and work in the United States, nor does it require a
>[number] simply for the sake of having one".
>
>
>
>Title 42 of the United States Code, Section 405(B)(i) states under Subsection
>(II) that Social Security Numbers are assigned:
>
>
>
>"... to and individual who is an APPLICANT for or recipient of benefits".
>
>
>
>Theres NO law that REQUIRES a U.S. citizen to obtain or use a number, or to
>get one for their child. Shocked? It gets worse. the IRS cant even establish
>a record in their computer systems (by law) for any entity that does NOT
>volunteer to number itself, whether a corporation, a partnership or a natural
>person. Which is why those choose NOT to apply for a Social Security are non-
>taxpayers and are NEVER contacted by the IRS their entire LIVES!
>
>
>
>
>BELIEF #12:
>
>
>
>Is that the law REQUIRES EVERYONE to join Social Security and pay Social
>Security taxes, and that NO one could possibly ever QUIT Social Security.
This
>is perhaps the BIGGEST deceit of all. Walter E. Williams, Distinguished
>Professor of Economics at George Mason University, wrote:
>
>
>
>"All we have to do now is to inform the public that the payment of social
>security taxes is VOLUNTARY and watch the mass exodus".
>
>
>
>Especially when they fully realize the impact of what Dorcas Hardy, former
>Commissioner of Social Security, wrote in the December 1995 issue of Readers
>Digest:
>
>
>
>"There is no prospect that todays younger workers will receive all the
Social
>Security and Medicare benefits currently promised them".
>
>
>
>Tens of THOUSANDS of well informed U.S. citizens have ALREADY quit Social
>Security - 100% LEGALLY - by submitting an Affidavit of Revocation and
>Rescission to Secretary of the Treasury, REVOKING their VOLUNTARY application
>for a Social Security Number.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>BELIEF #13:
>
>
>
>Based upon MOST Americans ingrained fear of audits, is that you MUST produce
>your books and records when summoned to appear before the IRS. Not according
>to the courts. On July 28, 1969, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Cummings
>stated in the case U.S. v. Dickerson:
>
>
>
>"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 individual who relies upon his constitutional RIGHTS".
>
>
>
>The fact IS that the 4th and 5th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution PROTECT
>your right to privacy in your books and records and your right NOT to be
>compelled to be a witness AGAINST yourself in a criminal action.
>
>
>
>BELIEF #14:
>
>
>
>Is that the IRS has the lawful authority to levy upon the paycheck or bank
>account of a U.S. citizen. Not according to the Internal Code (Title 26)
>Section 6331, titled "Levy and Distraint", paragraph (a) states:
>
>
>
>"Levy may be made upon the accrues salary or wages of any OFFICER, EMPLOYEE,
>or ELECTED OFFICIAL of the United States, [or] the District of Columbia...".
>
>
>
>No mention of the U.S. Citizen, is there? Of course, that wouldnt stop the
>IRS from levying YOU, would it?
>
>
>
>BELIEF #15:
>
>
>
>Our FINAL belief is that, given the horror stories youve seen and heard, if
>YOU were to decide to take a stand for YOUR rights and were to STOP "DOING
>BUSINESS" with the IRS, youd be on your own with no support or assistance
>available. Fortunately, this too is false. Out of a profusion of so-called
>"un-tax" and "de-tax" groups that rely upon untested theories, unproven
>arguments and "silver bullets", there has emerged ONE prestigious, national
>organization which serves no other purpose than to actively promote the study
>of the law and to assist its members in the assertion of their rights in
>accordance with the law, ESPECIALLY when dealing with the IRS and the state
>taxing agencies.
>
>
>
>
>Its called the Save-A-Patriot Fellowship, and has been in CONTINUOUS
>existence since 1984 at the same physical location - 12 Carroll Street in
>Westminster, Maryland - and has members in all fifty states.
>
>
>
>Our members are aware that various government agencies - and the IRS in
>PARTICULAR - are systematically infringing upon individual rights; that this
>infringement is often a direct result of inadequately trained government
>employees who are more concerned with adhering to administrative "POLICY"
than
>to the written law itself; and that such policy often runs counter to the
>constitutional LIMITS that are imposed on the government.
>
>
>
>As the result of YEARS of dedicated legal research, correspondence and even
>legal BATTLES with the IRS, our staff has ALREADY sorted through what would
>take the AVERAGE person a LIFETIME to figure out on his or her own.
>
>
>
>Our association recognizes the necessity of raising revenues through taxation
>but ALSO recognizes that this necessity has provisions in the LAW and that
the
>government in meeting its exigencies may NOT extend its activities BEYOND the
>law.
>
>
>
>The Fellowship is therefore NOT a "tax protest" group, but is a First
>Amendment association dedicated to confining IRS and other government
>personnel within the law AS IT IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN.
>
>
>
>When someone joins the Fellowship, it is a foregone conclusion that they are
>particularly concerned with the IRS and its propensity to MISAPPLY the law
and
>to illegally enforce its provisions.
>
>
>
>Fellowship members know that the IRS keeps the multitudes in line by using
the
>news media to plant stories suggesting that resistance is useless and
reprisal
>is swift and painful. These "reminders" and a lifetime of Pavlovian
>conditioning make it difficult for MOST people to take the first break-away
>step. However, since Fellowship members have taken the time to EDUCATE
>themselves and prepare a proper legal defense, the risk has been removed! The
>Fellowship provides mutual aid, support, and assistance to those who wish to
>assert their rights. This is accomplished in a number of ways.
>
>
>
>First, the Fellowship operates much like an insurance company in that members
>pledge to assist other members should they suffer a loss of cash or property.
>In the event that any member is damaged financially by the IRS or state
taxing
>agencies as a result of illegal collection practices and confiscations, the
>member is reimbursed up to one-hundred and fifty thousand dollars through a
>uniform assessment of the membership, currently costing each member just $15
>to $20 dollars per month, a figure which has steadily declined over the years
>as members continue to join. This MEMBER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM goes a long way
>towards removing the fear of asserting ones rights in the face of a
>frequently oppressive taxing authority. And since the member is REIMBURSED
and
>its the IRS that has spent thousands in PURSUING the member, who has REALLY
>been damaged? With the financial threat of asserting ones Liberty thereby
>removed, "closet" Patriots are joining the Fellowship in droves. Welcome to
>the Constitutional Revivalist Movement !
>
>
>Second, the Fellowship provides educational materials and resources in the
>form of newsletters, videos, audio cassettes, and books. Our members-only
>newsletter, "Reasonable Action", has for the past ten years been regarded by
>many as one of the most highly respected tax-oriented publications in the
>nation.
>
>
>
>Third, the Fellowship has researched and developed legal defensive weapons to
>protect our members Liberty and Property, and provides assistance via our
>paralegal and case development departments. Should the IRS attempt to contact
>a member, caseworkers are available to handle the correspondence and to
>address any improper requests or allegations. 1f the IRS attempts to move
>forward with an improper lien or illegal collection action, paralegals are
>available to assist.
>
>
>
>Since 1984, the Fellowship has published a flyer titled "Believe It Or Not!"
>which offers a $10,000 cash reward to ANYONE - in or out of government who
can
>DISPROVE the statements in the flyer To date, not a SINGLE judge, politician,
>lawyer, C.P.A. or IRS agent has been able to collect the reward, and MANY
have
>tried.
>
>
>
>The research this flyer has spurred has produced MANY en-lightened C.P.A.s
>and tax professionals.
>
>
>
>For many years, by using fear of audit and other scare tactics, the IRS has
>maintained CONSTANT surveillance over MILLIONS of honest Americans. Now, its
>time now to reach out and inform the public that our investigation of the IRS
>ITSELF is complete. There ARE no more missing puzzle pieces. The picture is
>complete and its not a pretty one. After viewing it, you may NEVER look at
>your government the same way again.
>
>
>
>Its time for Americans to take our country back, beginning with our
>pocketbooks. For, without our rights to Property asserted and defended, true
>Liberty in America can never exist.
>
>
>
>If you would like to avail yourself of the opportunity to receive the finest
>"adult education" currently available with regards to our constitutional
>heritage, including a thorough and accurate analysis of the LIMITED liability
>of the U S. citizen for internal taxation, please contact the qualified
>Independent Representative of The Save-A-Patriot Fellowship who provided you
>with this fax-on-demand number and ask about our educational, Limited
>Membership.
>
>
>
>On the other hand, if you or someone you care about needs assistance in
>responding properly to a Notice of Deficiency, lien, levy or seizure or to
>other correspondence received from the Internal Revenue Service or state
>taxing agency; or needs assistance in stopping tax withholding in the
>workplace; or in quitting Social Security; or in filing bankruptcy to stop
tax
>collection activity; or with any other tax issue requiring legal assistance
>and defense, be sure to inquire about our FULL Membership.
>
>
>
>Also, ask how to order the following powerful VHS video presentations: our
>eye-opening, two-hour introductory video, titled "The Truth BEHIND The Income
>Tax" and our ground-breaking twelve-hour video seminar, titled "Just The
>Facts"
>
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