[natewill]

Oh, no!! A sheeple that thinks for himself! Put him out of his misery!

Look, at the risk of being called a whackjob myself, I've read case law, constitution, books by former IRS agents, and their (the fedral gubmint's)story doesn't match reality. When, when, when are people going to stand up to this financial tyranny and stop defending the IRS and it unethical and unconstitutional laws. Am I the only one who has heard, seen, and participated in shoving it to the IRS? They are a joke!

[Tench_Coxe]

I hear a lot of this. However, if one truly believes this, one should be willing to be imprisoned and lose everything. Problem is, in order for it to change, you will need a lot of people willing to do so.

[sinkspur]

When, when, when are people going to stand up to this financial tyranny and stop defending the IRS and it unethical and unconstitutional laws.

The IRS doesn't make laws; it enforces them.

Your beef is with Congress. And Congressmen.

[Jack Black]

Am I the only one who has heard, seen, and participated in shoving it to the IRS? They are a joke!

Personally I live by the old rule, if you don't like the laws, work to change them, but obey them. Now there are obvious limits to this, such as gun confiscation laws, or laws like those passed in Nazi Germany that were simply immoral.

However as much as I dislike the tax laws they don't rise to this level. Taxes are a neccessary evil, and there is, at least, a constitutional ammendment that clearly authorizes the income tax.

Finally I see nothing that makes me think the IRS is a joke. Like other "three letter" organizations they have huge powers, lots of men with guns, a compliant judiciary and a proven track record of destroying those who cross them. I'd probably rather piss off a mob boss than an IRS office.

I don't think they can be defeated with legalisms, as was tried here, but still respect this fellow for following his beliefs. Still I think if he was making $400,000 a year he would have been better off paying his taxes, staying out of jail, and working to fix the system some other way. Alternately if he just really hated taxes he should have hired Terry Heinz's tax accountants. Via trusts, charities, relocations and off-shoring he could probably have paid almost nothing to the IRS anyway.

[douglas1]

THE IRS is really scary but they are no joke when you have to deal with someone who feels they are entitled to all your wages they are a mean bunch.

[ancient_geezer]

See # 102 above.

[Indie]

Oh, no!! A sheeple that thinks for himself! Put him out of his misery! Look, at the risk of being called a whackjob myself, I've read case law, constitution, books by former IRS agents, and their (the fedral gubmint's)story doesn't match reality. When, when, when are people going to stand up to this financial tyranny and stop defending the IRS and it unethical and unconstitutional laws. Am I the only one who has heard, seen, and participated in shoving it to the IRS? They are a joke!

That needed to be said again. CINO thrive here on FR [Constitutionalists in Name Only] Welcome to the police state.