Melonie, I'd really be interested in what you think of this story!
Melonie, I'd really be interested in what you think of this story!
Depends on, while the attack on this poor citizen commences by our government, if someone takes a couple of shots at IRS buildings in other parts of the country.

While I am no fan of the administration, I generally believe that we have a good government, legal and political system. More importantly there is no right not to pay taxes. The Supreme Court has decided again and again that income tax is Constitutional and one does not have the right to opt out partially or totally, See, Cheek v US, 91-1 USTC 50,012 (1991).
In Cheeks, the taxpayer, who was convicted of tax evasion for failing to file income tax returns, argued that he was, in effect, "duped" by the tax protestor rhetoric and honestly believed that he was not a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code. Cheeks claimed he attended seminars, listened to attorneys and engaged in self-study regarding the unconstitutionality of federal tax system. He claimed that because of this "indoctrination," he sincerely believed that the tax laws were unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court stated that these arguments were clearly frivolous and were not objectively reasonable (meaning that no reasonably objective person would believe in the merits of those arguments).
However, this will not end like Waco. The government has time on its side and these folks do not. Weeks or months down the road these folks will give up and be taken to jail peacefully without much fanfare.





^^^ time to challenge the Marbury v Madison decision !!!
As to this and all recent instances of citizens choosing not to pay income taxes, and attempting to fall back on constitutional defenses, they're destined to fail. Arguably since 1933 , the gov't collecting the majority of its revenue via income taxes and the gov't spending that money on programs that 'buy votes' towards re-election have become the cornerstone of America's political reality. IMHO nothing short of a revolution is going to change that reality.
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