[churchillbuff]

"When I think of all the people who have been destroyed or committed suicide because of this tax, it makes me want to cry," she said.

Can't argue with her there.

[churchillbuff]

She preaches not to anti-government extremists but to suburbanites STRUGGLING TO BALANCE THEIR HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS....

Those are the real victims of the income tax - middle class people who are taxed into debt to pay for all the wasteful government, including all the cushy benefits of government employees. IF you ask me, W's tax cuts don't go nearly far enough.

[elbucko]

This is a common story let out by the IRS in January of each new year. The LA Times plays messenger for the IRS that these tax resisters will pay and YOU will suffer if you try it.

They run one every January. This is an IRS general public warning.

[Still Thinking]

She preaches not to anti-government extremists but to suburbanites struggling to balance their household budgets.

What's extreme about being anti-government? I thought it was the norm.

[SteveH]

I served once on a federal jury. The judge stacked the deck against the defendant via the manner in which the trial was run. In presentation they also puffed up the reputation of the prosecution withesses (in this case, FBI agents) to an elaborate extent. I would not be surprised if the same happened in this case (independently of the facts of the case). The moste effective manner in this case would be if the judge disallowed the defendant to present evidence in her favor. Also I have heard that a typical IRS ploy is to brand the defendant as a "tax protestor" and then cite case after case of other similarly labeled people who had been successfully convicted in order to avoid hearing evidence particular to the case at hand.

Whatever the outcome, I would be concerned that objective justice may be somewhat hypothetical at the federal level.

[ApesForEvolution]

May Ms. Meredith be blessed and soar like an Eagle...the IRS? Well, if you have nothing nice to say...