black@pundit.DEC (Don Black DTN 261-2739 MS: NIO/N9 Loc: Pole B6) (05/29/85)
Gee whizz, old Ronnie Reagan made one heckuva speech the other night, didn't he? We really gotta go after all them tax cheats and close all those mean old loopholes, don't we? I mean, after all, it's not fair that some people should have deductions and some people shouldn't. And just why should employees get free medical insurance and not pay a tax on it? It's income, isn't it? So Ronnie, out of pure benevolence, wants to modify the income tax codes so they're all fair and equitable. Great. Swell. There's just one minor detail. Try as they will, Congress cannot modify a law that is illegal to begin with. Whoops. I think I just pulled a few more chains. I hope all you Libertarians out there are paying attention. This is the kind of thing you've been waiting for for years. So get out your pencil and paper, 'cause after the station break I'm gonna give you an address. Out in Indianapolis recently, the IRS tried to prosecute a gal named Jane Furgeson for alleged tax evasion and failure to file a return, with criminal intent. They had her right by the you-know-what, until she contacted a tax consultant named "Red" Beckman, of Montana. It happened that Mr. Beckman was compiling material for a book. In preparing previous tax cases, he discovered evidence that indicated that the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution had never been ratified. Now, without the Sixteenth Amendment, a tax upon income is not Constitutional, which is why the amendment was "passed" to begin with. Came the day of the trial, Ms Furgeson and Mr. Beckman introduced over fifteen thousand pages of evidence in the form of certified copies of extracts from the journals of forty-seven state legislatures and the Territory of Ohio, and extensive federal documents, including a thirteen-page letter sent to the president by the Secretary of State. This documentation proved beyond any doubt that the Sixteenth Amend- ment and every law passed pursuant thereto, is a complete, utter fraud perpetrated on the American People. For example, from the state of Kentucky, it was discovered that the legislature reported an Affirmative vote to the Secretary of State, when the journal of the Kentucky Senate indicates a vote of nine in the affirmative and twenty-two in the negative. Since when is nine greater than twenty-two? The documents obtained from the federal government indicates that Kentucky was the second state to report a vote, and the the Secretary of State knew and admitted that the Affirmative report was incorrect. So why hasn't this earth-shattering news made the headlines in the local media? First, the case is in its early stages. The judge has accepted the evidence as valid, but he is expected to rule in such a way that the case is passed to a higher court. Remember, we didn't hear about Roe vs. Wade or Brown vs. Board of Education until all was said and done. Second, if the government openly admitted to the fraud, there would be rioting in the streets, and the life of every IRS employee would be in jeopardy. Lastly, the government needs a certain level of financing in order to provide essential services such as military and border patrol. If we eliminate the income tax, some other form of tax or duty will have to supply the funds. Anyway, a condensation of the material is available. The title of the book is "The Law That Never Was," by Bill Benson and M.J. Beckman, published by the Constitutional Research Association, PO Box 550, South Holland IL 60473. The book is not free (they have to pay for all those photostats somehow), but I won't mention the price here to avoid being commercial. I will say that it is not expensive, either. Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, Free at last! --Don Black (...decvax!dec-pundit!black)