“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
-James Madison
Mid-Edition Update for February 7, 2014
Featured in this Update:
A Challenge To The Common Sense And Intellectual Integrity Of Skeptics, Doubters And Ostriches
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What CtC Means To Most Americans, By The Numbers
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Playing It Wise Means Keeping Your Eyes On The Prize
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What Makes YOU A Warrior For The Truth?
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A Nice Lesson In A Real American Higher Education
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Illuminating Anniversaries For This Week
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...and much, much more!
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"The preservation of a free government requires, not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained, but more especially that neither of them be suffered to overleap the great barrier which defends the rights of the people. The rulers who are guilty of such encroachment exceed the commission from which they derive their authority, and are TYRANTS. The people who submit to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves nor by an authority derived from them and are slaves….." -James Madison
A Challenge To The Common Sense And Intellectual Integrity Of Skeptics, Doubters And Ostriches Lew, Jacob, Tom, Thomas, Alex, Glenn, Karen, Justin-- I hope you're reading, because I'm talking to you and YOUR readers, among others... PEOPLE, LET'S THINK LIKE GROWN-UPS for a while. I imagine we can all agree that people acting in their own immediate self-interest is evidence of nothing but the influence of human nature. In the same vein, we all know that when they see their immediate interest lying in NOT doing something, people can, and often will, find a million pretexts for not doing it. This is true of people acting independently and those acting as parts of an institution-- indeed, it is even more true in the latter case, where the institutional preference is the one being served. I hope we can all agree, too, that on the other hand, when someone acts AGAINST his immediate self-interest-- and especially when he acts against the self-interest of his institutional master, it is powerful-- even the most powerful-- evidence of a compulsion. That is, acting against one's immediate self-interest is plain evidence of the existence and compelling dominance of a higher interest. Testimony or admissions against self-interest are so axiomatically significant, and so obviously sound evidence in contrast to actions serving self-interest, that the former are given special weight in trials-- being deemed self-authenticating, and even being codified as exceptions to the "exclusion of hearsay" evidentiary rules. As the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence observed in proposing the exception as Rule 804(b)(3): "[T]he assumption that persons do not make statements which are damaging to themselves unless satisfied for good reason that they are true" provides the requisite "circumstantial guarantee of reliability" to make the hearsay statements admissible. Notes of Advisory Committee on Proposed Rules, Rule 804(b)(3).(As quoted by the 7th Cir. Court of Appeals in US v. Harty, 930 F.2d 1257 (1991).) Here's how such an admission is described in that "exceptions" rule: FRE Rule 804(b)(3) Statement Against Interest. A statement that: (A) a reasonable person in the declarant’s position would have made only if the person believed it to be true because, when made, it was so contrary to the declarant’s proprietary or pecuniary interest or had so great a tendency to invalidate the declarant’s claim against someone else... Testimony or assertions serving self-interest, on the other hand, are just as axiomatically suspect. We all know these things. To summarize, then (making use of the cited language to help prepare for what follows): Something done contrary to an actor's (or his institutional) proprietary or pecuniary interest, or which tends to invalidate his (or its) claims against someone else, is inherently evidence of the truth. On the other hand, actions favoring self-interest are inherently evidence of nothing more than the willingness of some people to do whatever seems to serve their immediate self-interest-- even if contrary to the truth-- when they are able to get away with it. All of this is common-sense 101. NOW WITH ALL THE FOREGOING IN MIND, I would like you to look at the following explanatory cover letter (especially you skeptics, doubters, fence-sitters and ostriches):
...which introduced this amended tax return; which produced this refund with interest:
(I know, many of you saw this victory two weeks ago, but bear with me, here...) NOW LOOK AT THIS EXPLANATORY NOTE that accompanied four complete "withholding" refund requests by a businessman:
...and the results (after a brief government effort to discourage the man with a "frivolous" notice):
NOW LOOK AT THIS COVER LETTER used to introduce this filing to the IRS:
...which resulted, after "frivolous" notices and an even clearer and more forceful iteration of the facts by the filers in response, in these:
NOW LOOK AT THE NINE HUNDRED or so other examples posted on this site. All are the same as these three particularly unmistakable selections to a greater or lesser degree. Some of those 900, like these selections above, include "Just so you can't even TRY to suggest that you misunderstood or were taken by surprise..." cover letters in the filing. ALL show only tiny amounts of income or none, and are accompanied by rebuttals of substantial "income" allegations by payers, making them just as unmistakable. Most report amounts withheld by those payers, as well, and reclaim every penny-- Social Security and Medicare taxes along with the kind simply called "federal income taxes", making them unmistakable. Many are the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh claims and complete refunds to the same persons or couples, which have been being submitted and honored year after year. OKAY, A LITTLE BIT OF YELLING NOW (remember, this is just at the skeptics, doubters and ostriches, who have been keeping the truth at bay for all of these ten years now): PEOPLE! THINK IT THROUGH! NOT ONE OF THESE EXAMPLES-- OR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER IDENTICAL EVENTS OF WHICH THEY ARE A MERE REPRESENTATIVE-- NOT ONE, WOULD HAVE HAPPENED EVER IF CtC WEREN'T ACCURATE AND CORRECT IN WHAT IT HAS BEEN TRYING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT THE TAX AND THE LAW!! C'mon, people, I called for your "grown-up" at the beginning-- put on that hat! Face the disquieting truth...Heck, EMBRACE the liberating, empowering, state-restraining truth!! These tens of thousands of admissions have been made and continue to be made even though the agency's immediate institutional self-interest (and outright 'mission statement') is to:
Plainly, in every one of these cases, the agency bowed to the overarching, compelling interest of compliance with the actual law concerning the tax. The evidence is before you and unmistakable: When the government does things "by the book", it acknowledges, honors, and admits what CtC has revealed about the tax and the law. (This is not to mention the fact that every single filing claiming a refund-- and especially those as readily-distinguishable and out-of-the-ordinary as CtC-educated filings-- are challenged by default. See here and here. The simple, glaringly-evidentiary fact is that every check and credit issued in response to a CtC-educated claim has passed through the gauntlet and been approved.) I know this may come as a shock to you (since you've been managing over the years to not look at any of what I am showing you now, and so have managed to avoid the chain of logic we've just followed). But there is nothing to be surprised about here. This material shows EXACTLY how the tax came to be misunderstood and eventually misapplied on a massive scale, with that misunderstanding and misapplication becoming the Kool-Aid on this subject you've been forgivably imbibing your entire life. Forgivable until now, that is. Now you can't even pretend to not know, or not understand. Now you can't fail to recognize that every pretense of tax agency resistance to CtC and to those who make use of its revelations, and every effort to discourage those folks IS NOTHING BUT A PRETENSE-- and a corruption, and a defiance of the law. Now you can't fail to recognize that what really SHOULD have gotten your skepticism antennae humming were the unprecedented assaults on CtC. In the new illumination with which you are now equipped, consider the never-before-in-American-legal-history injunctions attempting to dictate the sworn testimony of American citizens, and to exercise prior restraint over future testimony the government finds inconvenient. Both of these egregious, manifestly-unconstitutional assaults are still being pursued in federal courts to this day, and now that you understand the truth, do you not now also understand that these actions (and the much-ballyhooed prior "rulings by the courts against CtC" of which they are a part) are pure corruption in service to a status-quo of general misunderstanding of the tax? Just as are the equally-transparent discouragement contrivances by which some educated filers are harassed; and that properly understood, both are themselves evidence of the truth against which they are obvious dodges and evasions? Do you not understand that the state has been forced to resort to these manifestly-unconstitutional and epiphany-risking measures because it knows the misunderstanding of the tax they are meant to preserve is existentially significant to its illicit ambitions, even if you had not understood that significance before? Don't you now recognize that significance, and the importance of you (and everyone) dispelling the misunderstanding and denouncing the corruption? Don't you now recognize the critical importance of you and everyone else acting in harmony with the truth about the tax? If You Have, Aren't You Really, Really Glad YOU'VE Taken Control Of How Much Of YOUR Money Washington Gets To Spend, Just As The Founders Intended?
If You Haven't, ARE YOU CRAZY??!!
Seriously! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU??
LEARN the liberating, empowering, critically-important truth about the 16th Amendment and the liberating, empowering, critically-important truth about the "income" tax. STOP merely reading (or writing) about how bad things are and START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” ‑Dale Carnegie
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"All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."
-I. F. Stone
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What CtC Means To Most Americans, By The Numbers THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TAX lies primarily in its disciplinary effect on the state, and its embodiment of the essential relationship between state and citizen uniquely articulated in the Declaration of Independence and codified in our various constitutions. But of course there's a purely pragmatic, "keepin' the fuel for YOUR fire instead of letting the collective's capos, clients and cronies heat THEIR houses instead" side of the thing, too. Here are some generic calculations of how the truth about the tax revealed in CtC will serve that "pragmatic" interest for Americans. Three typical levels of annual earnings are analyzed-- $60k, $85k and $110k. (These were chosen for simplicity's sake, as you will see-- those at other levels can extrapolate with varying degrees of accuracy, but probably close enough for government work...). Shown are how millions of those acting in ignorance (or fear) will typically calculate and make themselves liable for the hit at the end (in $ and %) using the "standard deduction" and presuming the earnings would be mischaracterized as "wages" (as the term is defined in tax law). The top calculations are for a single person; the second set are for a married couple with two children. The "line" numbers are the corresponding lines where the entries would appear on a 2013 Form 1040; to the right are the line descriptions. The "indiv. FICA" figure is what gets taken off the top (but is still taxed separately as "income" as though it had been paid to the worker); the "matching FICA" is what the companies for which these folks work is paying out to have them working there, in its own exercise of ignorance, and which would otherwise be part of their pay (seeing as the worker is necessarily producing its value along with everything he or she is nominally being paid).
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS and represent a lot of opportunity pointlessly lost for anyone not subject to the tax but not knowing the truth. For the married with children, the amount lost here each year is what it would cost to put one or both of those kids through college or vocational school for a year, or support them during an apprenticeship. For any of these folks, the amount lost is enough to replace an old car or renovate part of the house without going into debt, to make serious investments toward retirement or in an independence-producing business enterprise, to look after an aging parent, to support a worthy charity or ministry, or even just to enjoy a magnificent, enriching vacation. But these things are only possible if the money stays in its maker's pocket, where it belongs, by right and by law. Ignorance is such a shame. And SO expensive... “Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have been surprised; divided--the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson?…the people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government they should watch over it....It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently free.” -James Madison
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Playing It Wise Means Keeping Your Eyes On The Prize NOTHING IS MORE UNWISE FOR LOVERS OF LIBERTY than to let the terms of any debate be controlled by its enemies. But we are surrounded by instances of this error today, in countless commentaries and opinion-pieces concerning the NSA crimes. Every single time the factoid is repeated that the warrantless spying has failed to uncover any plot (or any variation on that theme), a dangerous trap has been fallen into. By making this a "supporting point"-- or even simply by failing to denounce it as an irrelevancy and a cognitive trap-- the speaker concedes that the "lawfulness" of the practice is subordinated to its alleged or perceived "effectiveness", and that the rule of law is less important than alleged "security from terrorists". There's no victory possible for the good guys, once these concessions are made. For one thing, all it takes then to justify a program is the public perception of either effectiveness or necessity. As regards the NSA crimes, either evidence (or the convincing assertion) of plots thwarted, or the completion of an occasional "terrorist" incident will interchangeably serve to justify the Fourth Amendment crimes. Too easy for the bad guys by far, and talk about a two-fisted moral hazard! Further, to argue or tolerate this point is to drink the "living law" Kool-Aid. There's only one way in which the strictures of the Fourth Amendment and other Constitutional provisions aren't the sole consideration in such a debate, and that is if they are deemed NOT the law of the land by the objective and timeless words and meaning of which those wielding power as officials of a duly-constituted government in America are bound. If those folks are not so bound, then they or their buddies are the ones who decide the nature and limits of the law, and, Katie, bar the door! THE ENEMIES OF LIBERTY AND THE LAW ARE INSIDIOUS and without scruple. Even in the face of massive public ire over the NSA crimes, and a recognition that it cannot be defended, some of those enemies continue to play their long game by slyly conceding that the programs should be shut down-- but on the basis of the fact that they have been ineffective. These folks understand that control over the terms of the debate is control over the outcome of the debate. The friends of liberty and the law must understand this, too, and diligently play OUR "long game" in the light of that understanding. As a very inspired voice once instructed us, even while being gentle as doves, we must still be wise as serpents when we are dealing with truth's foes. "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -William Pitt
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***** P.S. FOR ALL OF YOU IN STATE FORUMS (and in the national forum, as well, for that matter) I want to take a moment to re-iterate an important point made in your introductory message, which for some of you is long in the past and maybe lost to memory: I don't monitor forum posts!! I simply can't-- there are 49 forums, and I'm only one guy. I mention this because every now and then someone will post what is meant to be a question or comment directed at me personally (which I will learn of by other means). This is going to bring no joy-- I won't even know you asked or commented. So, to borrow from the "forum rules" with which everyone should endeavor to stay current: "Absolutely no inferences are to be drawn from my participating, or not participating in a thread; or responding or not responding to a post. I cannot and will not participate in every thread or respond to every post, even those that request such a response. I'm just one man, and there are only so many hours in the day." |
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What Makes YOU A Warrior For The Truth? We each have our reasons, and our story. It's time, and it's needed, for you to share yours with the world. Everyone's failure to step up and fulfill this simple request is really getting to me, now...
"The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to die." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
What does it for you?
Is it simply because no moral and upstanding person has any choice when it comes to telling the truth over his or her signature, whether on tax forms or anywhere else?
Is it recognition of the critical importance of the rule of law, and the knowledge that if everybody leaves its caretaking to someone else, it will soon be lost to us completely?
Is it the money?
Maybe it's just simple respect for your own rights as a human being, who is not and cannot be not involuntarily subordinated to others?
Maybe it's just simple respect for your general civic responsibility to be the grown-up and enforce frugality and restraint on a big, powerful creature of our own devising which otherwise is like a badly-raised teenage boy given whiskey and car keys and let loose on the road to wreak havoc?
Or is it, perhaps, a more acute anxiety that if our bonfire of a state isn't damped, and quickly, it'll soon burn down the house around us all?
What IS it that firms up your jaw and stiffens your resolve?
It's time to take off the bushel and share your light!
I would like you to think about what it is that motivates you for a few moments (or all day, if you like), and then send me your thoughts. I want to put YOUR reasons to work inspiring folks who don't yet understand what this is all about.
In this day and age, the most effective way for you to share your thinking for the benefit of others is to video-record yourself talking about how you feel, and explaining what inspires and motivates YOU.
All you need is a webcam or cell-phone equipped with a camera. If you don't have, or know how to use, one of these, have a friend help.
If needed, write a little script for yourself. Better, though, to just speak extemporaneously, after spending a little time sorting out your thoughts and getting down into your heart.
Keep yourself to no more than 2 or 3 minutes, and keep in mind that the purpose is not to educate, but to INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE and ENERGIZE. Your video will be one of many to be shared.
You needn't feel any obligation to be profound, and you shouldn't try to explain anything about the law, other than to say that you have read it and you know it's on your side. You just need to be sincere, and uplifting. Your object is to make your audience want to have what you have, and to be where you are in your heart.
Keep in mind that you're speaking to an audience that doesn't yet know ANYTHING about the subject, and whose first reaction is, "This must be illegal; this must be dangerous; this is too good to be true." You want to pull that audience right past such things, and straight to a focus on truth, morality, and our American heritage of liberty and the rule of law.
Remember: INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, ENERGIZE.
Speak about rights. Speak about morality, and the obligation of a grown-up and responsible person to speak the truth and to enforce the Constitution. Speak about everyone's duty to give to God what is God's, always, and to Caesar only what is really Caesar's. Speak of your obligation to respect yourself, and to look out for the current and future well-being of your children and your fellow citizens.
If you have had victories, describe them. Better still, show them, if possible.
Be clear about just what you accomplished: EVERYTHING back-- Social Security, Medicare and all; a "notice of deficiency" closing notice; an on-paper agreement or acknowledgment that your earnings weren't subject to the tax and everything withheld or paid-in was an "overpayment"; a transcript showing all $0s; or whatever happened.
When you speak of state victories, name the state. If you had to overcome balkiness from a tax agency before winning any victory, describe that, too!
Remember, your purpose is to INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE and ENERGIZE.
If you're dealing with ongoing balkiness, describe that, too, if you wish-- but be sure to explain why you're not discouraged, and why you are not standing down, not slinking back into the barn, and not choosing to endorse the lies.
Mention what you do for a living, whether you're a doctor, homemaker, lawyer, trucker, IT guy or gal, or a retiree or student. Help people understand that the company of grown-up activist Americans they are being invited to join cuts across all demographics and all interests-- with the common denominator being respect for the law and love of the principles on which this great country was founded.
This is your chance to get a LOT accomplished.
We've all had frustrating occasions of trying to explain all this to a friend, neighbor, family member or co-worker, only to pile up against the wall of a mind not yet ready to listen and learn. Here is your chance to address a self-selected audience of folks who have themselves decided that it's time for them to begin paying attention, and have clicked on your testimonial for exactly that reason.
So, please make and send those videos right away! The restoration of institutional respect for individual rights and the rule of law depends on enough individuals insisting upon it. Do your part to let those starting to rub the sleep from their eyes know that there is a community already waiting for their fellowship with open arms and open hearts and shining spirits.
See how some of your fellow warriors for the truth have done their parts here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
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Project Paradigm-Shift
IN ANOTHER ARTICLE ON THIS PAGE I SPOKE OF
AMERICAN HERO EDWARD SNOWDEN, who is now rightly celebrated for
his efforts at spreading an important truth. I hope YOU
are doing YOUR part at being an American Hero by
spreading
this
link far and wide! Anything
and everything must be done to get it into a state of viral
distribution across America.
I am counting on you to help make this happen by sending everyone this link.
Seriously, my friend. Even if you never do "action items",
please do this one.
You may not recognize how doing this will make any difference. I tell you, it will make ALL the difference.
This document is the anti-body to all the germs of error, disinformation and misunderstanding that allow the "ignorance tax" to persist. It needs to be given a chance to take root in as many minds as possible-- especially those NOT in the CtC community.
In many of these minds, perhaps, this truth anti-body will wither for lack of a hospitable environment. But in just as many, it will flourish and bloom, and those folks will become the patient and innovative teachers of others.
Pleas help me with this oh-so-important project.
P. S. I know a lot of folks out there have self-defeating notions planted in their minds about how clearing up confusion about the "income tax" won't matter, "'Cause they'll just pay for all the badness with inflation, man!" or whatever.
No, they won't.
If "they" could do that and survive politically, (and weren't getting a whole lot more out of the maladministration of the "income tax" than just a couple of trillion dollars a year, as well), the tax would've been dropped with a grimace and without a backward glance like the universally-hated thing that it is, at least forty years ago. This "they'll just inflate" thing could only be said by someone not old enough (or alive at all) during the 1970s when we had a test of just how Americans would tolerate real inflation...
(Not that we're going to be spared getting a good dose of inflation soon anyway, you understand, unless we very quickly shrink the state down so small that it no longer has the resources to quash the emergence of free and valid currencies. This will only happen by Americans reclaiming individual control of their resources, as is relied upon by the framers in their design for a meaningfully-Constitutionally-limited republic-- and that, of course, is what this page is all about.)
The misunderstanding of the income tax is the thoroughly cultivated thing that it is (and anyone reading through this page will come to understand just how diligent is that cultivation) BECAUSE THE MISAPPLIED TAX IS THE INDISPENSABLE LIFEBLOOD OF THE UNRESTRAINED STATE. The state knows this well.
Indeed, the reason the truth about the tax is hedged about with a more enormous army of lies (and constantly-recruited "stakeholding" defenders) than any other organ of the state is because it is so vital to Leviathan's excesses, ambitions and survival. It is the heart of the monster.
This document is the monster's bane. Your efforts to spread this shaft of illuminating, inspiring and disinfecting sunlight will do more for your future well-being and that of your children than anything else you could do.
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and, with the help of God, I will do." -Everett Hale (...and every other person who has ever deserved liberty...)
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A Nice Lesson In A Real American Higher Education DOREEN AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH A POINTLESS LITTLE ARGUMENT WITH the community college at which TJ has been taking courses for the last year-and-a-half recently. The school bureaucracy was trying to get what it simply can't for the boy-- a Social Security number. The reason given was the school's imagined need to produce a 1098-T concerning TJ. This is an "information return" reporting how much has been paid for his tuition, so that he (or Doreen and I) can claim a credit against tax liability under the "Hope and Lifetime Learning" program. Needless to say, no one here has any need for, or interest in, such a credit, there being nothing to put it against. We explained this to the school bureaucrat, but unsurprisingly to no avail, since the real reason for the demand and the program of which it is a part is to get folks to self-identify as the statutorily-defined "taxpayers" with whom the program is exclusively concerned. IN THE FACE OF THE SCHOOL'S PERSISTENCE, I pulled up the regulatory provisions associated with this credit and found, as I expected I would, language providing for the institution's efforts to secure the number, followed by an, "it's okay, if they persist in balking once you've tried to bs them into the barn for us, you've played your role and can let it go" provision. These regs are of the same sort under which banks, for instance, engage in the identical obnoxious behavior, doing their best to falsely convince the unwary that providing a SSN is mandatory upon them: 26 CFR §1.6050S-1 Information reporting for qualified tuition and related expenses. ... (3) Waiver of penalties for failures to include a correct TIN—(i) In general. In the case of a failure to include a correct TIN on Form 1098-T or a related information statement, penalties may be waived if the failure is due to reasonable cause. Reasonable cause may be established if the failure arose from events beyond the institution's or insurer's control, such as a failure of the individual to furnish a correct TIN. However, the institution or insurer must establish that it acted in a responsible manner both before and after the failure. (ii) Acting in a responsible manner. An institution or insurer must request the TIN of each individual for whom it is required to file a return if it does not already have a record of the individual's correct TIN. If the institution or insurer does not have a record of the individual's correct TIN, then it must solicit the TIN in the manner described in paragraph (e)(3)(iii) of this section on or before December 31 of each year during which it receives payments, or bills amounts, for qualified tuition and related expenses or makes reimbursements, refunds, or reductions of such amounts with respect to the individual. If an individual refuses to provide his or her TIN upon request, the institution or insurer must file the return and furnish the statement required by this section without the individual's TIN, but with all other required information. The specific solicitation requirements of paragraph (e)(3)(iii) of this section apply in lieu of the solicitation requirements of §301.6724-1(e) and (f) of this chapter for the purpose of determining whether an institution or insurer acted in a responsible manner in attempting to obtain a correct TIN. An institution or insurer that complies with the requirements of this paragraph (e)(3) will be considered to have acted in a responsible manner within the meaning of §301.6724-1(d) of this chapter with respect to any failure to include the correct TIN of an individual on a return or statement required by section 6050S and this section. (iii) Manner of soliciting TIN. An institution or insurer must request the individual's TIN in writing and must clearly notify the individual that the law requires the individual to furnish a TIN so that it may be included on an information return filed by the institution or insurer. A request for a TIN made on Form W-9S, “Request for Student's or Borrower's Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification,” satisfies the requirements of this paragraph (e)(3)(iii). An institution or insurer may establish a system for individuals to submit Forms W-9S electronically as described in applicable forms and instructions. An institution or insurer may also develop a separate form to request the individual's TIN or incorporate the request into other forms customarily used by the institution or insurer, such as admission or enrollment forms or financial aid applications. (4) Failure to furnish TIN. The section 6723 penalty may apply to any individual who is required (but fails) to furnish his or her TIN to an institution or insurer. See section 6723, and the regulations thereunder, for rules relating to the penalty for failure to furnish a TIN. (f) Effective date. The rules in this section apply to information returns required to be filed, and information statements required to be furnished, after December 31, 2003. [T.D. 9029, 67 FR 77682, Dec. 19, 2002; 68 FR 6350, Feb. 7, 2003] It's scary to think of how many people have been cadged into handing out these increasingly sensitive numbers and furnishing support for presumptions adverse to their own interests as a consequence of these cheap little ploys... POSTSCRIPT: The very day the school bureaucrat received our second refusal accompanied by the regs above, a numberless 1098-T was in our mailbox addressed to TJ. It's just a waste of paper and postage, of course, since as was made clear, we have no interest in its "benefits". But I look on the bright side. All in all, this was a nice object lesson in TJ's higher education. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them, and these will continue till they have been resisted with either words or blows, or with both." -Frederick Douglass
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from Critical Inquiries for a New American Century
Bob’s Bicycles or Getting Free Of The "Income" Tax Scheme Is As Easy As Falling Off A Bike
To get an idea of how today's "income" tax scheme works, try this little exercise:
Think of the federal government as a guy named Bob, who lives down the street from you in a town that is really big on bicycles. Bikes get used for commuting, deliveries, shopping, etc.. In fact, other than walking, bicycles are the exclusive form of transportation in your town. Your neighbor Bob has a by-the-mile bicycle-renting business-- "Bob's Bicycles". Bob's Bicycles is far and away the biggest business in town. Part of Bob’s success is because he does a lot of contract business. However, Bob doesn't just get paid by riders who have signed an agreement with him, or even just those using Bob's bikes. Bob gets something every time anybody in town does any riding at all, through an odd combination of circumstances that took many years to come together.
Here's how it happened...
Bob's Bicycles was launched long ago by the great grandfather of the present Bob (Bob IV). Great Grandpa Bob started out not only with a main location for his contract business-- he also had the bright idea of setting up spots around town where he parked some of his bikes for use by the more occasional rider, on an "honor system". Anyone could take and use one of these bikes, but they were expected to keep track of their mileage, and send Bob a "1040 Mileage Ridden/Rent Due Form" (and the appropriate rent), periodically. The initial design of the form was like this:
I said that Great Grandpa Bob planned to deal with these occasional riders on the "honor system", and that's true. But he liked his money, too, and didn't want to miss anything that was due him. So, after setting up the "self-serve" locations, Great Grandpa Bob went around handing out "W-2, 1099 or K-1 Rider Reporting Forms" to every other business in town. The forms-- accompanied by notices that if Bob didn't get his rent from someone riding a bicycle in connection with any business, he would sue the company involved-- said:
Click here to enjoy the rest of this illuminating little parable (and if you want to see a liberating transformation take place THIS YEAR, forward this file to everyone in your address book)
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You Can’t Fight Well When You Don’t Know What You’re Fighting About
If you are having an argument with the IRS or any other tax agency,
You are being targeted because REAL EVIDENCE exists that YOU PERSONALLY HAD “INCOME” to which the revenue laws apply-- even though that evidence is almost certainly incorrect, and CAN be corrected.
There IS "A Law" By Which You Can Be Made Liable, And This Is How It Works
Now Learn How To Be Master Of The Situation
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Photographed on 1-70 in Missouri. America is waking up.
Do You Know What Happens When YOU Decide To "Let Someone Else Do It"?
NOTHING.
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and, with the help of God, I will do."
-Everett Hale
(...and every other person who ever really deserved liberty)
"God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it."
-Daniel Webster
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
-Edward R. Murrow
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A Brief Introduction To The Fascinating Truth About The Income Tax
Seriously. Do you want to win? SPREAD THIS FILE AROUND!
Doing so will accomplish more than anything that happens in a courtroom, more than any argument you make with any bureaucrat, more than ANYTHING else that you can do.
Are You Not Bothering?
Then You're Just Talking The Talk.
You've GOT To Walk The Walk If You Want To Win.
"Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated."
-Thomas Paine
TOOLS FOR SPREADING THE LIBERATING TRUTH ABOUT THE TAX
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Test Your "Income" Tax IQ! CtC Warrior SanDiegoScott has put together a great little 20-question quiz to test your knowledge of the law regarding the United States "income" tax. Test yourself, test your friends and family! Test your accountant and tax attorney, and help them learn the liberating truth!!
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A "Pragmatic" Perspective On The Tax And The Rule Of Law
Hey, don't bother me with that "morality" argument, and all that stuff about "upholding the rule of law". I'm a pragmatist. I'm just interested in looking out for "numero uno", and living my life without any hassles from the IRS!
So I'm okay with submissively letting the government:
-- just as long as I'm left alone, dude!
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Doing A Little High-Payoff Math
If each person receiving this newsletter each week distributed as few as 100 of any of the great outreach tools featured here to co-workers, friends, neighbors and family members (or just strangers on the street, in the mall, etc...), we could have SEVERAL MILLION new Americans suddenly introduced to the liberating truth about the tax!
Just like that! In one week!
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USE THE SITE MAP AT www.losthorizons.com/IncomeTaxSiteMap.htm!!!
USE THE SITE SEARCH PAGE AT www.losthorizons.com/search.htm!!!
When directed to a page by topic or link, read everything.
I know that this can mean the investment of a lot of time, attention and effort, but although some may imagine otherwise, I don't write as much as I do because I can't think of any other way to spend my time...
Furthermore, when you encounter a hyperlink within, or associated with, the text you are reading, follow it!
It is pretty common these days for web-based material to be littered with hyperlinks. Sometimes the purpose is to provide definitions or examples, in order to ensure that folks reading the original material aren't presented with a word or reference which they don't understand. Sometimes the links lead to illustrations pertinent to the original text.
It is common-- and perfectly understandable-- for folks who are confident that they are familiar with language or references within the main text they are reading to get in the habit of skipping over included links. I do it all the time, myself!
However, I very rarely include links for definitional or explanatory purposes; and when I DO make a link out of text in one page it is generally to another self-contained page, rather than merely illustrative material. These other pages contain material the clear understanding of which I deem highly important for the proper and complete understanding of the original page. (Links to CtC, the Victories pages, CtC Warriors and so on are obvious exceptions to this general rule. On the other hand, a link to the victory Highlights or 'Every Which Way But Loose' pages, which might seem like such exceptions, are not. The special selection of victories on those pages, and the filed docs and tax-agency correspondences included therewith, themselves constitute highly instructive material which merits careful attention. Thus care needs to be taken in all cases.)
Please make a habit of clicking on all provided links and at least looking briefly to ensure that the linked page is one with which you are completely familiar from another study session.
Finally, please keep in mind that, annoying though it may seem at first blush (but not, I trust, upon reflection), I constantly tweak material already posted. Obviously this doesn't mean that every page is in flux at all times, but it does mean that if you are directed to a page that IS familiar, it's worthwhile to read it through again if it's been a while since your last having done so.
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