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The government calls those who argue the income tax
has no legal foundation “tax protesters” and labels their arguments
“frivolous.” And usually judges toss their arguments out of court,
assess them court costs on top of taxes, interest and penalties, and
sometimes even threaten them if they file further cases.
But now the U.S. Supreme Court – the nine judges
who sit on the bench in Washington by virtue of their selection by
presidents and confirmation by the U.S. Senate – has docketed exactly
that type of case.
Maehr wrote in his petition for judicial review that he’s been the
victim of administrative bludgeoning used by the IRS to quell citizens
with objections as well as questions.
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Among Maehr’s
contentions is that while the government has
the legal authority to tax, the Internal Revenue Service has used
“unlawful, unconstitutional, unfair and biased” manipulations to assess
income taxes on that which is not income – essentially salaries and
wages.
Basing his argument on 10
years’ worth of research
into tax law, he concludes that salaries and wages are the result of
the mutual agreement among participants to exchange labor for money –
and that’s not income. Income, he said, is
the increased
value of an asset, such as interest on money in a bank account, which
can be subjected to income tax. [Full]
Regardless
of the merit of this, or any case for that matter (I direct you to
Obamacare), American law is driven by the necessity of keeping bloated
government afloat; law and principle be damned. Besides. Obama
evidently knows where Chief Justice Robert's kids go to school.
Still,
Maehr is a true & principled American hero in my book.
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If this action does not yield sufficient
results, cab drivers will be next, followed by Dell, AT&T and AOL
customer service reps.
