Yeah, it’s only for the brave, even though they be right.
God bless him for fighting and I sure hope he wins but does it matter?
Here’s my take on the income tax: I believe it is unconstitutional. I also believe the Supreme Court knows it is unconstitutional.
But does any rational man believe the Supreme Court will overturn this tax if the result is chaos for the Federal Government? No they will continue to look the other way in order to keep the Government running.
All great (meaning large and long lasting) organizations when faced with a choice of organization vs. constituent pick the organization.
We already ignore many parts of the Constitution when they are inconvenient to current desired purposes. This one is no different.
“It is dangerous to be right when the state is wrong.”
Voltaire
Training Apes
A number of years ago, animal psychologists performed an experiment that goes a long way toward understanding some of the more perverse and illogical aspects of human behavior. And while I’m NOT putting humans down there with the monkeys, recent political events certainly make it increasingly difficult to maintain that separation.
Here’s what they did:
They began with a cage containing 5 apes. In the cage, they dangled a banana on a string near the roof and placed a set of stairs beneath it. One of the psychologists stationed himself above the cage with a high-pressure water hose. When the first ape attempted to climb the stairs toward the banana, the man on the hose opened up and thoroughly sprayed ALL the apes with ice cold water. The moment another of the apes attempted to touch the stairs, they ALL got another ice water shower. When yet another ape attempted the climb, another freezing deluge ensued.
At some point in the process, when one of the apes touched the stairs, the other apes frantically PULLED HIM BACK - even though NO water was sprayed on them.
They then removed one of the original apes and replaced it with a new one not involved in the first part of the exercise. The new ape spied the banana and headed for the stairs. He was IMMEDIATELY attacked by the other 4. After a few more attempts - and attacks - the new ape soon understood that any further attempts would result in another assault.
They then removed ANOTHER of the original apes, again replacing it with a new one. The newcomer went to the stairs and was promptly attacked by the other 4, INCLUDING the first replacement ape who had NEVER received the cold water shower.
They then removed the third of the original apes and inserted a new one. The new ape made it to the stairs and, as with the others, was promptly attacked. Two of the 4 apes that assaulted this new member had no idea WHY climbing the stairs was a forbidden activity or WHY they were participating in the assaults on the transgressors.
The experimenters then replaced the 4th and 5th apes leaving none of the original apes. No apes subjected to the cold showers remained in the cage.
Nevertheless, NO APES AGAIN EVER APPROACHED THE STAIRS.
If you don’t get the point of this story, go sit in the back of a courtroom during one of the thousands of “victimless crime” trials each year and watch the jurors refuse to touch the stairs.
Yeah, it’s only for the brave, even though they be right.”
Not “only for the brave” That implies that the majority of the people are cowards and they’re not.
It’s only for the people who can afford to take the financial hit it will cost them to do it.
The best thing Tommy has going for him is he didn’t have to pay a high powered tax and constitutional lawyer and it still hit him hard because the IRS used every underhanded trick to get him to drop it, even though the IRS knows they are wrong.
Tommy should sue the IRS for every penny it cost him.