Posted on 06/03/2013 9:44:55 AM PDT by Errant
Amid an unusual spotlight on IRS conduct, a Colorado businessman contends his case is one the government particularly wants to keep hidden, because it could cause the whole federal agency to self-destruct.
Jeff Maehr, a Colorado chiropractor who has engaged in a number of business ventures, including PureHealthSystems.com, admits he has refused to file federal income tax returns since 2002, but he says the IRS is afraid to press criminal charges against him.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
They're going to be mandating insurance for that, you know, and it won't be cheap.
Silly rabbit!
Everybody knows that you don’t have to file a Form 1040 because the 5th Amendment says you don’t have to bear witness against yourself.
Good luck trying to get away with that one as well.
The fact is that it makes no difference how one interprets the law or what one’s sense of justice and fairness is. If the IRS says you owe taxes, you owe taxes; and the IRS will ultimately prevail unless it has made some technical error.
From the article:
In 1969, the high court ruled: “Whatever may constitute income, therefore, must have the essential feature of gain to the recipient. This was true when the 16th amendment became effective. … If there is no gain, there is no income. … [Income] is not synonymous with receipts.” Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/businessman-irs-fears-prosecuting-me/#XxAzCPB1lOzwOFfB.99
In short, whether we wish to support this man or copy his behavior, we must admit he has a point.
If we taxed Sears on every dime they took in, then we would not be distinguishing between profit (income) and expense (receipts).
A household, no less than Sears corporation, is an enterprise that has significant expense. Technically, the "profit" is the amount left over that you have to put in your bank account as savings. Some households are poorly run, and that's why there are a tremendous number of bankruptcies. Some are well run, and wealth accumulates.
But, to pretend that housing, food, clothing, transportation, education, etc., are not EXPENSE is silly.
Shouldn’t be bragging about it. Now he’s going to get dinged - unless he’s a govt informant setting a trap.
Better trade them dollars now for something you can use, like a decent fishing rod, and use some of that leave to teach your grandson or granddaughter useful skills.
Not directed just at you, but everyone. These events are coming and picking up speed rapidly now...
Good advice, I reckon all this scandal the IRS is embroiled in now, has spiked their courage?
>> “Now we will learn what happens when you brag to the press about it.” <<
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Yes, I think he likely has crossed a line on that one.
>> “10 million armed citizens could take on anything that any regime in history could throw at them.” <<
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I think that they’re working on that right now, and will probably attempt a move soon.
Well said. To carry it further, your labor is an expense to you personally, both physically and as a decrement to your other pursuits (e.g., spending time with your love ones). I think that is the larger picture of what he is contending.
There is a limited supply of my labor, both per day and per working lifetime.
Trust me, if I could reclaim some of it, I would. :>)
Remember this guy?
“Harry Reid and the IRS Say Taxes are Voluntary”
I don't want to post a link because it's close and personal and his wife was charged. Furthermore he is a Viet Nam Vet and they were faithful Christians. I don't know what happened.
Exactly!
In his petition, Maehr cites a wide range of historical court and congressional statements that back up his assertions regarding taxes. For instance, Black’s Law Dictionary defines income tax as being “a tax on the yearly profits arising from property, professions, trades and offices.”
Maehr argues based on this and other references that wages are not “profits” but are instead the simple exchange of labor for money. To bolster his assertion, he notes that while businesses frequently pay taxes on their profits, they do not pay taxes on their expenses.
Likewise, the labor of an individual is the “expense” required to obtain the money, therefore it is not “profit,” and to declare otherwise would subject corporations such as Sears to “income taxes” on 100 percent of their cash register receipts, he argues.
The U.S. Supreme Court itself said an 1883 case, “It has been well said that, the property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.”
In 1969, the high court ruled: “Whatever may constitute income, therefore, must have the essential feature of gain to the recipient. This was true when the 16th amendment became effective. … If there is no gain, there is no income. … [Income] is not synonymous with receipts.”
And a 1946 case stated, “Reasonable compensation for labor or services rendered is not profit.”
Similar to barter - I give you a basket of tomatoes in exchange for a bag of cucumbers.
No profit is made.
Similar to providing my personal services in exchange for a like value of currency - there is no profit.
Such as? There aren’t enough Hellfire missiles, SWAT teams or National Guardsmen (at least half of whom won’t follow such an order) to pacify 100,000 such citizens, much less 10 million.
Yep, one huge dumbass mistake.
Decades ago, when I was a renter, my electric meter quit working, I rode that free pony for two and a half years but I damn sure didn't brag to the electric company about it.
FEMA headquarters for the whole region is about a mile or two from my house (which I rent, so good luck taking it from me) so they could take me there in a wheelbarrow if the felt like it. They can’t take 10 million individual’s houses, hell they can’t manage 100,000.
And stick with the truth in all matters, no matter how painful, or tempting to do otherwise. You'll sleep better and avoid something coming back to bite you in the future.
Because, most of the time it will (Ask Ms. LearnHer). :-)
There you go! That’s the gist of the article, and what they’re saying the courts have agreed with.
Just ran across this on Drudge: IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family
Good luck collecting that from the "average" family...
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