Comments - Civil Disobedience - Fair Tax Nation2024-03-28T23:55:33Zhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2636007%3ABlogPost%3A61664&xn_auth=noI agree that a protecst by a…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-06-07:2636007:Comment:623872009-06-07T22:05:12.309ZCurtis R. Packhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/CurtisRPack
I agree that a protecst by a few Americans would only cause them harm. It is true that most Americans are not suffering enough, but given the path that we are currently on it will onle be a matter of months before the financial system begins to unwind. The suffering will be felt everywherre in the country and then we will see the type of resolve that will bve necessary. You are corect that the Court has increasingly become an Oligarchy and render decisions more like a council of elders than a…
I agree that a protecst by a few Americans would only cause them harm. It is true that most Americans are not suffering enough, but given the path that we are currently on it will onle be a matter of months before the financial system begins to unwind. The suffering will be felt everywherre in the country and then we will see the type of resolve that will bve necessary. You are corect that the Court has increasingly become an Oligarchy and render decisions more like a council of elders than a check on the law, and then use their own precedence to rule from the bench. That was my point, that the Federal Government has taken far to much power (illegally) and must be corrected. The FAIRTAX will help in this but will not make all of the corrections that are necessary. Some form of revolution will be necessary and the American people will not suffer greatly before organizing. Regarding tax protestors and spurious arguments, the arguments are only spurious because the courts have declared it so. The problem is that many Tax…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-06-06:2636007:Comment:619852009-06-06T03:05:43.304ZJohn Gaverhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/JohnGaver
The problem is that many Tax Protesters (TPers) go to prison every year, citing spurious claims that have been overturned by hundreds of courts in the past. I have personally looked at the facts surrounding the claims of the TPers, who claim that they don't have to pay tax and most of those claims would be valid, if it were not for the way our courts work. But, since our courts use "Case Law", as a substitute for codified law and prior courts have dismissed those claims, there is no chance that…
The problem is that many Tax Protesters (TPers) go to prison every year, citing spurious claims that have been overturned by hundreds of courts in the past. I have personally looked at the facts surrounding the claims of the TPers, who claim that they don't have to pay tax and most of those claims would be valid, if it were not for the way our courts work. But, since our courts use "Case Law", as a substitute for codified law and prior courts have dismissed those claims, there is no chance that any other court will even listen to those claims.<br />
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Certainly, if you could get enough people to refuse to pay tax at one time, then you might have a temporary victory. But, the problem with that scenario is that too many people live very well here in the USA and won't risk what they have acquired, on a "chance" that someone else will be the first person arrested. Then, many of those who have joined the TPers will begin to cave, when the first few hundred people are arrested. Unlike the situation in Gandhi's India, most Americans do not see themselves as suffering. They may not like the amount of taxes that they pay, but they have not yet reached the point of "suffering" and until they do, the TP route will only get more people thrown in prison - people who would support the repeal of the 16th Amendment. Of course, when they are thrown in prison, they are removed from the voting rolls, where they could do some good.<br />
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As for not buying gasoline on certain days, that does absolutely nothing at all, since what you don't buy today, you will just add to your purchase tomorrow.<br />
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The point that I'm leading up to is that unless you are proposing that we wait until the majority of Americans reach the point of suffering, the only choice that we have is to educate people and get them to vote out those in Congress, who are standing in the way of the FairTax. We have a strong supporter in the Ways and Means committee. The thing that we need most, is to get more support in the Senate.<br />
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