If the constitution was really applied, you could choose to not pay income taxes and they use scare tactics and misinformation to milk the population. I think that those who evade the tax system are smart people and that they're the only one who actually live by the right of property and right of association. Some of the tax money is effectively used for the people but for the most part its just wasted and, because of all the corruption, several rich people in the game are on welfare, of course not the normal welfare but big bucks.
Idiots Really Stink seeing as paying taxes are supposed to be unconstitutional...1 reason I haven't filed income taxes for the last 3 yrs or so.
I found this on another forum website... Tax Activist WINS In Federal Court It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Tax activist wins in federal court Ex-IRS agent says Congress has no power to collect levy on income A former IRS agent who believes citizens are not required to pay federal income taxes was acquitted today on charges he attempted to defraud the government. Joseph Banister, a certified public accountant in San Jose, Calif., had been telling his clients they don't need to file federal income tax returns because the 16th Amendment, which gives Congress "power to lay and collect taxes on incomes," was never properly ratified. A leading figure in the "tax honesty" movement, Banister was taken into custody Nov. 19 by IRS agents and released on $25,000 bond after pleading not guilty. A jury in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento found him not guilty on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government and on all three counts of aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns for a client. Banister's attorney, Robert Bernhoft, told WorldNetDaily the result has no direct bearing on the legitimacy of the 16th Amendment, but he insisted the implications are bigger than the issue of taxes. "The outcome shows that average, law-abiding, hard-working citizens are not going to criminalize speech -- they're not going to send a man to prison for asking the federal government serious questions about a serious subject," he said. Last fall, IRS spokesman Anthony Burke insisted Banister's arguments against the federal income tax already had been thoroughly vetted. "Many constitutional or legal arguments have been tried in the courts, and without fail, they have been held to be without merit," he told WND. Banister's website offers a defense of his views, including an 85-page report titled "Investigating The Federal Income Tax: A Preliminary Report." The federal indictment accused Banister and co-defendant Walter A. Thompson, of Redding, Calif., of conspiring to defraud the United States of approximately $259,669 in income and employment taxes. In a separate trial, Thompson was acquitted of conspiracy and found guilty on charges unrelated to Banister. If Banister had been convicted of all counts, he could have been sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. Banister left public practice as a CPA in 1993 to become an armed, criminal investigator in the IRS Criminal Investigation Division. But he says he resigned after six years because he was "unable to resolve conflicts" between the way the IRS administered the federal income tax and his oath of office.
The IRS is unconstitutional. It's in the Constitution, but the government didn't keep up their end of the deal. The federal income tax was created in the early 1900's, and was only supposed to last something like 10-20 years. Total bullshit.
