America: Freedom to Fascism

Did You Know?
1. No section of the Internal Revenue Code establishes a liabilty for the income tax.

Section 5005 establishes a tax liability for the distillation and importation of distilled spirits; Section 5703 establishes a tax liability on the manufacture and importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers; Section 4374 creates a liability for the tax on policies issued by foreign insurers; Section 4401(c) establishes a liability for the tax on accepting wagers; Section 5043 establishes a liability for the tax on wines.

2. The general term "income" is not defined in the Internal Revenue Code.
U.S. v. Ballard 535 F2d 400

The Internal Revenue Code defines 'Gross Income' (Section 61), 'Ordinary Income' (Section 65), Adjusted Gross Income (Section 62), Taxable Income (Section 63), 'Earned Income' (Sec. 32). It does not define 'income'.

3. "Our system of taxation is based upon voluntary assessment and payment, not upon distraint."
Flora v. United States, 362 U.S. 145, pg 176

4. "The IRS' primary task is to collect taxes under a voluntary compliance system." (emphasis added)
Jerome Kurtz, Internal Revenue Annual Report, 1980

5. "Our tax system is based on individual self-assessment and voluntary compliance." (emphasis added)
Mortimer Caplin, Internal Revenue Audit Manual, 1975

6. "Each year American taxpayers voluntarily file their tax returns and make a special efort to pay the taxes they owe." - Johnnie M. Walters, Internal revenue 1040 Booklet, 1971

7. "Your income tax is 100 percent voluntary tax, and your liquor tax is 100 percent enforced tax. Now the situation is as different as day and night." (See footnote 1)

8. "An individual taxpayer may refuse to exhibit his/her books and records for examination on the ground that compelling him to do so might violate his/her right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment and constitute an illegal search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment." (italics added) - Handbook for Special Agents

9. "...warrantless entrys into the private premises of a person by the Internal revenue Service for the purpose of seizing property to satisfy a tax liability is a violation of that person's reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Before levies or seizures of property located on private premises are made, permission of the occupant of the premises on which the seizure is to take place must be obtained. If the occupant refuses to permit the entry the matter should be referred to District Counsel so that a court order authorizing the entry may be obtained."

G.M. Leasing Corp. v. United States, 429 U.S. 338

FOOTNOTES:

1) This statement was made by then head of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the IRS. It was made under oath in testimony given to the House of Representatives' Subcommittee of the Committee on Ways and Means, Eighty-Third Congress, First Session, Part A, 1953

Americans are starting to wake up to the startling idea that they have since 1913 been the victims of a massive fraud perpetrated by the federal government and private financial interests. Filmmaker Aaron Russo directed a thorough investigation into the creation of the Federal Reserve and the controversial legislation (or lack thereof) that requires American citizens to pay income taxes. In his film, "America: Freedom to Fascism," Russo interviewed key members of Congress, a former IRS Commissioner, tax attorneys, agents from the IRS and FBI, and various authors demystifying federal income tax and the creation of money.

Exposing the truth about the federal income tax is the goal of such organizations as Tax Honesty. They are engaging in acts of civil disobedience among other tactics to alert Americans to the fact that there is indeed no law requiring Americans to pay taxes on their income. In fact, there is not even a definition of the word “income” anywhere in the tax code! For those of us who have been living in fear of the IRS, there is logical and reasonable evidence that you don't owe any tax at all to the federal government and that the brunt of taxation was reserved for corporations, not individual wage earners.

It’s about time for a little honesty about the federal income tax as we try to regain our liberty as citizens. However, we may also be aware that it will not be easy, nor will it be painless. America is now under the control of “fascists” declared Russo in this interview shortly before his controversial death after making his film. He correctly argued that the popular understanding of fascism is incorrect and that the definition given by Mussolini, termed “corporatism,” is more apt as the partnership between government and corporations against the people.

Listen as Aaron Russo discusses his film and what he discovered:


Watch the film "America: Freedom to Fascism" and recommend it to your friends.


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