The punishment has been justified but is unjust, it lacks cognitive coherence. For all the good deeds taxes are justified to exist, they are not sustained under close scrutiny; not the scrutiny under which a court decides over physical restraint of a "tax evader". All things being equal, these people are slaves of a new master, a government with the spirit of a ghost. "B.Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes quatloos, injustices occur every day. > > answer this, what class of citizens existed before the 14th amendment? > was every congressman and every president that served prior to the 14th > amendment frauds? NO . > Before the 14th Amendment "citizen of the United States" did NOT exist. > > Again, were every congressman and every president that served prior to the > 14th > amendment frauds? > > > > Quatloos Wrote: > > > California Couple Sentenced for Helping Clients Evade Taxes > > February 23, 2001 > > By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON > > A California couple who helped their clients evade at least $13.8 > million in federal income taxes were sentenced to long prison terms > yesterday, sentences the judge extended after they said that the > tax laws were invalid and did not apply to them. > > The couple, Dorothy and George Henderson of Roseville, Calif., > sold trusts through which, customers were told, they could put > their money beyond the reach of the Internal Revenue Service. The > couple kept 5 percent of the deposits. > > Mrs. Henderson, 56, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison > and Mr. Henderson, 59, was sentenced to six and a half years by > Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. of United States District Court in > Sacramento. > > The Hendersons did not testify at their trials, but at a > sentencing hearing yesterday they told Judge Burrell that the > I.R.S. had no authority over them and that they would pursue claims > against the government. > > They also said they were exempt from tax under Section 861 of the > Internal Revenue Code, contending that the statute excludes most > Americans from income taxes. > > Donald Dorfman, Mrs. Henderson's lawyer, said that he tried to > show his client that she had misread the law and that rather than > exempting anyone from taxes it extended the reach of American tax > law to income from foreign sources. > > "She wouldn't listen," Mr. Dorfman said. "She insisted on speaking > and telling the judge about the 861 position and how as a sovereign > citizen of California the federal courts had no jurisdiction and > all sorts of gibberish." > > Mr. Dorfman said the speech caused the judge to add five months to > Mrs. Henderson's sentence beyond prosecutors' request. > > The judge gave Mr. Henderson an extra eight months. > > The 861 > position is being advocated by a small but growing number of > business owners and others who, calling themselves the tax honesty > movement, say that the government operates the I.R.S. illegally. > These business owners have boasted in ads in USA Today and on the > Internet that they do not pay taxes and say the I.R.S. has not > acted against them. They cite that as proof that the tax laws are a > hoax. > > The case against the Hendersons began several years ago and grew > out of another case in which four other Californians, including a > lawyer, were convicted and are now in prison. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
