[William Terrell]

This guy is selling a book.

Some of the overview is refutable, some is suspect owing to old decisions that may not apply to the system we have now. What he says about excise taxes is true enough. And the hints about the effect of being involved with the social security set of statutory rights dovetails with the maxim that if you have rights, inalienable or statutory, you must have responsibilities.

He seems unaware of the logical effects on the states and citizens after the South lost the war and citizenship was awarded at the federal level.

It ought to be an interesting read. This is a fact, I think, somewhere around the middle of the last century, the character of the relationship between American citizens and their government changed.

[GeekDejure]

Thanks for your response. Yes, I figure his book will be an interesting read too. Perhaps it will fill in some of the blanks in my understanding of SS.

Back in 1982 I sent a letter of resignation to SS, telling them I did not want any future SS benefits, period. They sent me a one line response . . . "There is no provision in the law allowing you to resign from Social Security."

Go figure !!!

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