IRS to Taxpayers: "F*** You, Pay Me!"

The IRS has written an 84-page report "debunking" common arguments against paying taxes. There is no need to waste your time reading it. It's all bullshit. Yes, that is a strong claim considering that I have not read this propaganda nor will I waste my time with it. Nevertheless, there is no need to spend time reading the IRS's arguments when this one truth is clear: the IRS will beat you, jail you or kill you if you do not pay up. It's that simple. This 84-page report is simple equivocation because the agency cannot be so forthright. The State must walk the fine line of ideology; a candid admission of its motives might alert the people to the truth that they are being robbed and enslaved.

It does not matter how rigorous your anti-tax argument is. It does not matter if your argument is rooted in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. It does not matter if you think that that 16th Amendment was not properly ratified. It does not matter if the word "income" does not appear in the 16th Amendment. It does not matter if you can cite court decisions that demonstrate the 16th Amendment does not refer to income. None of this matters. As long as the IRS is willing to kill and the American people are willing to submit, your choice is to pay taxes or be destroyed. The IRS is just like the mob when it comes to money: "Fuck you, pay me!"

Comments

[Redman]

Great; so what are we to do, kneel and kiss the hand that holds the chains around my neck? Patrick Henry and many others would disagree. So long as this attitude of total submission prevails, we, the people, deserve to get the tyranny the IRS and the central govt. imposes. Shame on you Brutus, shame on you.

[Brutus]

Redman,

You're one of my favorite readers. I appreciate all of your comments. But I seriously don't see any way to change our situation. I honestly don't believe that the majority of Americans want freedom. If Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine were alive today, most Americans would mock their ideas as "extreme" and "foolish". Of course, I believe in their foolish and extreme ideas, but I really don't think you can persuade people who don't want to be free to desire freedom. Even worse, many Americans think that they are free now. Utterly amazing! And I haven't had much success at all in removing the scales from the eyes of the people I discuss these issues with. So I'm a short-term and medium-term pessimist. In the long-term, the State will collapse and hopefully the Remnant will pick up the pieces to rebuild society.

We can stick up for principle and pay the price, but I don't see that leading to radical change. Irving Schiff has been in prison for years as a matter of principle, but his actions have not changed any minds. The rigor of his arguments did not matter to the court: "Fuck you, pay me!" I could stand up to the IRS, but I'll be jailed in a rape factory and no one will give a damn. Even some of my friends will say, "Well, he broke the law" or "He refused to pay his fair share". I mean, we can't even convince the majority of people that taxation is robbery. If taking money from someone against his will is not robbery, then what is it? But this is how deep statism runs in the minds of the American public. It's damn-near in the American DNA. People like you and I are genetic mutations.

So I pretty much write for the Remnant. I have taken up Isaiah's Job with alacrity and I write to encourage the Remnant as the world around us collapses. I work on myself. I continue to read economic literature, history, and political theory, and write about what I have learned. I still talk to people who will listen. But I simply don't see how we can reverse this trend toward the total State which appears to have accelerated post-9/11.

I'll be very, very happy if I am wrong. I just don't have that hope. But one does not need hope to defend liberty. I'm a prime example of this.

But don't let my pessimism discourage you from doing your thing. Someone has to keep hope alive.

[Redman]

Thanks for the remarks and I truly understand the pessimism as I continue to duel with the beast. As Von Mises stated, ideas have force and we must continually express ideas that spark freedom...to the Remnant and all our neighbors. But, here is the issue, the tax law does not apply to earnings derived from activities of common occupations in the private sector.

Too many just don't know! And, as you stated, even if knowing, the sheeple may be too cowed to act in their own interest and continue to be robbed by Big Brother. So, like you, I try to prick interest and inform those that have ears to hear.

[Robot Food]

Nice blog!
I just stumbled up it, and this is the type of cynical pessimism that I live my life by.

I agree with your post and comments 100 percent. Statism will never die as long as ignorant people can vote; unfortunately most people are ignorant...

[Cal Bittersmore]

You guys make great points, but what I'm trying to figure out is whether there is anybody out there who is so on the fence about this subject that they would need 84 pages of bureaucratic drivel to convince them to fall off either way? Are there people in line at H & R Block that are like, "Oh hey bro, you can go ahead of me, I'm only on page 52." I mean, who the fuck would actually read this shit? Is this meant for the lay reader, or as talking points to some inside guy? If it's the latter, then does it really make a difference how weighty his argument is? He's the guy with the gun! So what's the point? Is this supposed to inform you and me? Go ahead, try and get past the introduction:

"This responds to some of the more common frivolous 'legal' arguments made by individuals and groups who oppose compliance with the federal tax laws. The first section groups these arguments under six general categories, with variations within each category. Each contention is briefly explained, followed by a discussion of the legal authority that rejects the contention. The second section responds to some of the more common frivolous arguments made in collection due process cases brought pursuant to sections 6320 or 6330. These arguments are grouped under ten general categories and contain a brief description of each contention followed by a discussion of the correct legal authority. A final section explains the penalties that the courts may impose on those who pursue tax cases on frivolous grounds. It should be noted that the cases cited as relevant legal authority are illustrative and are not intended to provide an all-inclusive list relating to frivolous tax arguments."

If you make it through that and still have the desire to read further, then I suggest you quit wasting your time and just go ahead and pony up, because while an enlightened mind might casually entertain a brief, moral and logical argument for financing the state through taxation (knowing ahead of time that no such thing exists outside the realm of unvetted, sentimental assumptions), only the most self-loathing, state-loving lickspittle would bother to pore over this mind-numbing and circuitous pap. I doubt such a person would need much convincing, anyway. No, this crap is obviously not for our edification, as we are expected to submit whether or not we understand, much less agree. This is just career advancing busy work, and probably resulted in the advancement of some lesser parasites somewhere in the churning belly of the beast.

What really blows me away is knowing from my extensive "outer party" experience that the writing of such "studies" as this, and similar bureaucratic busy work, comprise what must be upwards of 80% of the entire stinking wall-to-wall racket. And the vanishingly small fraction of the actual service that the purveyors of this rubbish stoop to provide is provided grudgingly, is immune to the requirement of "customer satisfaction" that determines success in a market economy, still has to be forced on the customer at the point of a gun to find patronage, and is, of course, financed by wages extracted in a similar fashion.

[Redman]

Cal, go to www.losthorizons.com and get the facts, history and application of the tax law. This site and the critique contained in Cracking the Code, the amazing truth about taxation in America by P.E. Hendrickson lays it all out in a way that can be understood by all interested parties. This addresses the law, not who has the most guns.