Posted on 12/17/2008 5:00:47 PM PST by Polarik
If Barack Hussein Obama is allowed to take the Oath of Office, he will have done so by skirting around the requirements of Section 1, Article II, of the US Constitution. If the POTUS can ignore Section 1, Article II, then every citizen who is required to pay income tax under Section 8, Article I, and the 16th Amendment, should follow the lead of the President and skirt around those problematic provisions, as well.
Obama's Presidency will not only be illegitimate ib Constitutional terms, but also illegitimate according to the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed that "governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Those among us who still believe that Presidents should br held accountable to the Constitution will not give our consent to a government led by a person unjustly becoming our President.
Any tax plan proposed and/or approved by the President could be treated as "illegal taxation," as the President will not have the Constitutional authority to sign any tax bills (or any other for that matter).
Since Barack Obama truly believes that he does not have to prove his Constitutional qualifications, then neither should any citizen of the United States who believes in his heart that he or she does not have to pay income taxes. This same citizen cannot be charged for failing to file his income tax if he truly believes that he is not required to do so.
According to Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192 (1991), the Supreme Court noted that the statute making it a crime to fail to pay federal income taxes provides that the crime is committed only by someone who “willfully” fails to pay. The Supreme Court held that someone who truly believes that the law does not require him to pay taxes has not committed the crime of willfully failing to pay, even though his belief is wrong.
Although the belief that you don’t have to pay taxes does not relieve you of your obligation to pay, it means that failure to pay will not be a crime. If you owe taxes, you owe them, regardless of any erroneous beliefs you may have.
Also, the Supreme Court placed some limits on the sources of permissible good faith beliefs that one doesn’t owe taxes. The Court held that it is not a defense to a charge of willfully failing to file that one believed the income tax laws were unconstitutional. So if the reason you think you don’t owe taxes is that you believe the tax laws are unconstitutional, that’s not a defense.
It might be interesting if there were several thousand tax protesters claiming this.
i’m sure the irs will agree.
/s
Ya know, I've often wondered, why, when we outnumber the IRS several thousand to one, we have to put up with the crap and abuse they often mete out.
Oh yeah, that’ll work...
Garbage. Tax protestors will all end up bearing a number.
because they have the local police, sheriff’s department, state police, FBI, US Marshals, IRS agents, and the courts to seize your property all while looking down the barrel of a gun.
true.
but, the vast majority of americans do not agree with you
or,
have families to support and are unwilling to take the risk.
when you convert the majority to your view and get them to take action, you will win.
Something really bad would have to happen to get a large group riled enough to risk losing their homes and assets..maybe even going to jail. Just a thought but
i think a more acceptable plan right now is for tax payers to live on 25% less. Watch your taxable spending. Work 4 days a week instead of 5. Starve the tax and spenders out.
if they raise a tax or add a fee match them with a cut back else where.
How about paying MOST of your taxes but being short on a little amount like say $5 dollars? That will drive the IRS crazy with paper work, keep you out of serious trouble and send a message.
Because the IRS has the guns and the will to use them on their fellow citizens.
You, and all the other Internet Rambo’s, do not.
image analysis makes more sense.
One major, major problem with illegal immigration is that they end up collecting welfare. Whose going to get stuck paying for Obama’s worldwide welfare system? Note that job openings for welfare positions require an applicant to speak Spanish.
http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244
Because the IRS has the guns and the will to use them on their fellow citizens.
You, and all the other Internet Rambo’s, do not.
True words Old Sarge. But I know the word for it. Tyranny. The question is, how long will we all bear it?
Your post is your version of what the source says.
I sold everything, cashed in everything and am now working under the table.
F the POS-elect and his band of theives.
bump!
HOw long will we bear it?
Until the moment the bullet enters our skulls, right after we praise the name of The One (piss be upon him).
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