SECTION
861:
THE LAW THEY HOPE YOU NEVER READ
By: William A. Shields
At first I thought this issue was
amusing. Then, the more I researched it, the more compelling it became, and today,
I’m here to tell you that the subject of this column is arguably, the most important
issue of our lifetime. I’m speaking of fraud on a scale so massive and so enduring it
could only be perpetrated by the federal government. That is to say, a federal government
operating way outside of the limits mandated by the Constitution.
Everyone
knows you must pay federal income taxes. There are people in jail right now for income tax
evasion. The vast majority of those persons, if not ALL of them, have voluntarily (you
can’t be forced to swear an oath) signed a return under penalty of perjury, swearing
that they were subject to the income tax, and that all or most of their income was taxable
according to the IRS code, (federal law Title 26). Then, they lied about how much income
they earned giving the government everything they need to prosecute them successfully. The
tax return becomes a signed confession of guilt. |
Most Americans have never seen the law that requires them to file
a return, and most have never researched the IRS code to determine how much, if any, of
their income is taxable under the law as it is actually written. But everyone knows there
is such a law, and everyone knows that all of their income is taxable.
What if everyone was wrong? It has
happened before. Once upon a time, everyone thought the earth was flat. Today, almost
everyone believes they owe federal income taxes. However, when the actual words, written
in the IRS tax code are examined, an ugly truth begins to emerge. And the truth is, that
most Americans have been systematically and intentionally defrauded into paying a tax they
do not owe.
Did you ever wonder about the
“voluntary” nature of federal income taxes? If the law requires one to pay, why
does the IRS call for “voluntary compliance?” If one is charged with violating
the law is his or her appearance in court voluntary? Does one serve time in a federal
prison voluntarily or is there some sort of mandatory attendance associated with a prison
sentence?
The reason for voluntary compliance is
simple. The federal government is barred by the Constitution from taxing the income of
most Americans. To tax each and every endeavor within the states is to regulate ALL
activity, and where is the limited nature in that? The federal government is allowed by
the Constitution to regulate international and foreign commerce, so they imposed an income
tax applicable to income from international and foreign commerce. However, they still
would like some of YOUR money, so they wrote the law in a very convoluted and easily
misunderstood way.
But, as complex and torturous as it may
be, the law must still be printed in English and in black letters on white paper. To
determine one’s taxable income under the law as it is written, one must find section
861 of the tax code and read what it says. The best way to start understanding this
subject is watch Theft by Deception a fine
documentary video produced and available from Larken
Rose.
But don’t take anyone’s word
for it. In order for you to refute the IRS’s false claim on your money, you must know
the law for yourself. Armed with that knowledge, you can stop voluntarily complying with a
law that does not exist. To be more correct, stop complying with a misapplication of
a law that does exist.
My research shows that at least 300
persons have requested clarification from the IRS on this subject in general and section
861 in particular. To date, the IRS has refused to address these questions and they have
resorted to bullying, blustering and threatening. But ALWAYS they have refused to address
specific questions about section 861. Also, to my knowledge, not ONE person has been
prosecuted for relying on the written law as expressed in section 861 of the tax code, and
has paid the least amount or taxes owed – ZERO!
And legally paying zero federal income
taxes is the most patriotic thing an American can do. Because most Americans are ignorant
of the law, they have been unwittingly forging their own chains. It is the American
taxpayer, more than anyone else, who is responsible for rampant federalism. The taxpayer
is responsible for federal meddling into areas they have no business in, such as education
and commerce, not to mention foreign aid and foreign entanglements.
In a Ponzi scheme the fraud eventually
collapses from a lack of new investors. In the federal income tax fraud, there is no
dearth of gullible prospects, because as P.T Barnum once noted, there is a sucker born
every minute.
William A. Shields is a USA Daily
columnist. He has also been a contributor to the American Reformation Project as well as
Ether Zone. Willie is a "Once and Always" U.S. Marine with 19 years combined
experience as a military and civilian air traffic controller. The former chairman of the
Delaware Buchanan/Reform Party, and a past president of the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association, EWR, he has held positions in the rail, aviation and marine
transportation industries. Mr. Shields owns and operates a small business in Wilmington,
Delaware. He is a self taught expert on USMC history and Doo-Wop music of the fifties and
early sixties.
William A, Shields
can be reached at:
wshields@comcast.net
Published in the June 17, 2003 issue of Ether Zone.
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