Subject: Evidence Review -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Subscriber, It seems that lots of people--most, in fact-- aren't as interested in what is TRUE as they are in what (as they put it) "works." Personally, I want to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, whether anything can be done about it or not (though I admit that that can be pretty frustrating). In the past I've cautioned people against relying on the bogus idea that what "works" has to be the same as what's true. When some people were getting huge refunds from the IRS based on the 861 evidence, I was telling people NOT to take that as proof of anything. And when people got refunds after arguing various other stuff--from slavery reparations to the "claim of right" myth-- I also warned people against reading anything into it. If you argued that only people who wear blue hats are subject to the tax, and the IRS gave you a refund or has left you alone (so far), congratulations, but that's not proof of anything. I can't count how many people claim to know the magic words that will make the IRS and the courts leave them alone, nor can I count how many people have been harmed after using those supposedly infallible methods. Even being RIGHT doesn't stop liars and thieves from hurting you. How can anyone believe that saying just the right words will suddenly make power-happy politicians and bureaucrats voluntarily let go of their power, as if there's some secret password that, once pronounced, will give you a get-out-of-tyranny- free card? Neither being left alone by the IRS, nor getting harmed by the feds, is proof of whether you're right or not. If someone breaks your nose for saying 2 + 2 = 4, that doesn't mean that 2 + 2 = 5. This should be obvious, but apparently some people don't get it. For example, in addition to the flood of supportive e- mails I received after my release I also got one in which a person asked to be removed from my list because he was only interested in "a position that will win in court." He then wondered how I could claim I had committed no crime, having had my day in court. He added, "I have yet to hear you publicly apologize to all those who believed in you and your theory." Clearly implied in his message is: if the government says you're wrong, and if it hurts you, then you ARE wrong. Sorry, but I just can't relate to that mindset. And no, I will not apologize for telling the truth, even though I was put in prison for a year for doing so. If you don't care what is TRUE, but only what some power-happy megalomaniac will give his blessing to, then by all means, pay no attention to anything I have to say. Because what I say is pro-freedom and anti-tyranny, which (of course) will get the blessing of tyrants. (It's beyond me why so many people put so much hope into the possibility of having the perpetrators and beneficiaries of fraud "ruling" against their own source of power.) Evidence and logic lead to the truth. Guesses and fads do not. Trouble is, when it comes to the federal income tax, there is such a flood of misinformation, coming from the status quo AND the "tax honesty movement," that every individual either has to start from scratch and then do a zillion hours of his own research, or start taking things on faith. Unfortunately, that second option seems a lot more popular than the first. Lots of people don't like the IRS, and don't like giving them money, and there is a tendency for people to want all such potential allies to "work together" against the common foe (the IRS). But if endorsing something false is the price of such unity, what is the point? Isn't falsity the real common enemy? Lots of people don't like to see divisions in the "movement," but if two people have contradictory, mutually exclusive conclusions, there already IS a division, and forsaking the truth just to present a common front is not the solution. Since it's been so long since I've sent stuff to this list, I'm about to again do a very basic overview of the issue and the evidence. Having just sent my wife off to do her 30- day prison sentence, my kid and I will be incommunicado for a couple days. In that time, if you know anyone who you wished would pay attention to this issue, twist their arms until they sign up for these updates, which they can do by sending an e-mail to: 861- on@mail-list.com (It's free, it's easy to unsubscribe, and we don't ever share e-mail addresses with anyone.) Then, starting Monday, they can see for themselves just how "frivolous" it is. 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