Tom Cryer, an lawyer from Shreveport, Louisiana, tells his story about how he was prosecuted for refusing to file income tax.
In June, 1994, Tom met a man who claimed that the Internal Revenue Code did not make him liable to pay income tax. This was a life-changing event for this lawyer, who then began to research into the law in order to prove this man wrong. What he discovered was that there is no income tax liability relative to American citizens. This presented Tom with a dilemma: does he put his head down and pretend not to know the truth, or to honor his oath to support and defend the rule of law and the Constitution? He chose the latter path, and ceased filing income tax.
As Tom says, it is apparent that the US government is stealing trillions of dollars from honest, hard-working Americans. It was using this stolen money to expand its reach far beyond its intended role. It is stealing, and using the sweat and labor of Americans to destroy their country.
Tom stopped filing and paying income tax UNLESS and UNTIL the government could show him it had any right to demand he do either. He was charged with two counts of tax evasion, which charges were later dropped to two counts of failure to file. He was tried on July 9, 2007 in Federal District Court in Shreveport. During that trial, he said he learned first hand how far tyranny has advanced within the US government -- even into the courtrooms. The judge, in an attempt to aid the prosecutor in attempting to convict Tom, violated the laws of evidence and due process by not allowing Tom to present any physical evidence or material facts. The judge further tried to hamper his testimony in an effort to prevent the jury from understanding that Tom did not have any income tax liability, and that the law does not say with the IRS tells them it says. Seeing the truth in his words, because they were not permitted to see any evidence, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty on both counts after only a few hours of deliberation.
10 Comments
shuacThis is what I've been telling people since I watched Aaron Russo's documentary on the same subject. But it's one of those things people refuse to believe when you tell them.
11817Don't vote this crap up, it's completely false. If you don't file taxes, you WILL go to jail.
shuac>> ^Thrillhouse:
If you don't file taxes, you WILL go to jail.
Yes, that's true.
It's also true that there is no law requiring individual Americans to pay income tax.
See, that's the intellectual equivalent of walking and chewing gum at the same time: being able to see two separate, seemingly opposite views, simultaneously true.
Now, I'm sure you will never actually do this, but I invite you to do your own research (like daddy shuac has) and try to find the law that requires Americans to pay income taxes.
Ready?
GO!
siftbotTags for this video have been changed from 'IRS, income, tax, fraud, 16th, Amendment, corrupt, legal, ruling' to 'IRS, income tax, fraud, 16th Amendment, corrupt, legal, ruling' - edited by lucky760
BrknPhoenixsays...I welcome anyone who feels taxes are wrong to move to the nearest country that doesn't have taxes.
Andorra
Bahamas
Brunei
Kuwait
Maldives
Monaco
Nauru
Oman
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Vanuatu
Have a good trip.
10148says...A lot of stupid comments on these videos regarding John Lockes social contract and the duty to pay taxes blah blah blah. More recently "BrknPhoenix"'s comment suggesting you move to another country if you dont like it. But the fact remains there is no law about INCOME TAX, not ALL TAXES. Like sales tax. So there still is valid and lawful taxes, but income tax is not legal. Get of your high horse, read a book, and be a true American and revolt against this bullshit...
HadouKen24says...I personally will pay my income taxes whether or not there is a law against it. Why? Because my Federal and state government, whether not their services and the benefits they provide me are efficiently and well executed or not, still provide me with a great deal, from reliable roads to police protection to fundamental rights that otherwise might be infringed upon. I want these benefits. I feel an obligation, therefore, to pay them whether or not it is right to jail people for [i]not[/i] paying them.
If you don't want the benefits that government provides, that's fine. Refuse them. I won't have a problem with your not paying taxes if you do not pose a tax burden. (The IRS might--though wrongly, I surely admit) But if you accept these benefits, then paying your taxes is the only right course of action.
SaNdMaNsays...Wesley Snipes wasn't as lucky...
BrknPhoenixsays...@BenjaminFranklin2u
As I would suspect of someone that supports not paying income tax, you completely missed the point. The point is that almost every nation in the world has income tax, and the only ones that don't are either 1) so rich they don't need it or 2) so small they can manage themselves without it.
My point was not to encourage you to leave the country, but to perhaps put into perspective on how almost the entire world pays income tax, not just the United States, and perhaps the entire world has a bit more insight into the issue of why income tax is necessary than you.
But no, I guess I was just dreaming that you'd get that. Fight on, income tax warrior. I wouldn't worry though, if you make less than $500 a year you don't have to pay.
NetRunnerOkay, I see and hear this quackery about the income tax being illegal far too much.
It's the 16th Amendment:
If you think that isn't the end of the discussion, you need to explain why you think Congress would've neglected to draft the law under the power this Amendment grants them.
Now this guy does have a valid gripe if he wasn't allowed to make a case, but I suspect it's more along the lines of his evidence being disallowed because it wasn't relevant (e.g. "evidence" pertaining to the validity of the 16th Amendment's ratification).
If there is a loophole, or legal argument to be made that frees someone from paying income tax, it will work exactly one time, because it'll be fixed right away after that.
There's no secret conspiracy at work here. Like it or not, but the U.S. Government has the right to levy income taxes against its citizens.
Discuss...
Enable JavaScript to submit a comment.