Time To Say "NO"!

It's time to change the tune of this song. It's time to say NO! to politicians at all levels and those who support them. No more will we pay your taxes. No more will we buy the products or use the services of those who support you. No more will we obey your laws. No more will we convict people for doing this either.

You do not listen to us when we say we don't want these laws and tax bills so we no longer listen to you. We will not assist you in anyway shape or form. We are on strike against the government and those who willingly aid and abet in the destruction of the Constitution of the United States and our American way of life.

One of the most basic rights which we have in the United States is “jury nullification”. Judges and others do not like it, but read on. Jury nullification is the process whereby a jury in a criminal case nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her.” It is any verdict by a trial jury which acquits a criminal defendant despite that defendant’s violation of the law. Jury nullification need not disagree with the instructions by the judge—which concerns what the law (common or otherwise) is—but it may rule contrary to an instruction that the jury is required to apply the “law” to the defendant.

A jury verdict which rules contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it; however, if a pattern of identical verdicts develops in response to repeated attempts to prosecute a statutory offense, it can have the practical effect of invalidating statute. Jury nullification is thus a means for the public to express opposition to an unwanted legislative enactment.

We legally avoid taxes of every kind. We avoid anything with an attached tax like a plague. We even deliberately keep our income below the federal tax limit.

We grow most of our own food. We eat like royalty. Fresh, organic foods are expensive. We grow plants with replantable seeds, so we only had to buy the seeds once, planted fruit trees and berry bushes, and we raise our own animals. Because we're beekeepers (honey, pollen, bees wax candles), we can trade for hay and grains.
I spin our own wool and knit hats, sweaters, scarves, gloves/mittens, and socks. I dye the wool any color I want with natural dyes (items like this cost a fortune in the high class clothing stores).
I make quilts and rag rugs from warn out clothing. I can make them in our favorite colors and fabrics. I also get to choose the patterns. The extra ones bring in a few bucks at the flea markets.
We chop wood for heat. It's almost free.
If you saw our house from the road, you'd have no idea. Even if you came into the house, you'd have no idea how much of what you saw or what you ate was personally produced by us.

There are a lot of taxes we still have to pay, but we try to keep those as low as possible (especially gas taxes). Flannel for warm PJ's has to be bought, but I wait until the fabric is on sale in the spring. It's cheaper, and so the taxes are lower.

I hate taxes, because they're used for nothing but buying votes from the lazy. In my opinion, the WORK, rather than the wealth, should be shared. The wealth can then share itself, and no man is held as another mans slave.

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