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earthman wrote:
>
> >From another list
>
> this was true - I was there yesterday! However, Senator Orrin Hatch tried
> to bribe one of the speakers (Bill Benson) not to speak (yes, there was a
> witness!). Also, C-SPAN must have been threatened because they didn't show
> up. It was taped and you can read all about it at
> http://www.givemeliberty.org
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 18:07:49 -0600
From: Larry Becraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Greg Samples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2nd Update on Income tax summit and C-Span
To whom it may concern,
This last week, the Net was buzzing with information about Bob Schulz's "IRS
Showdown II" scheduled for the National Press Club in DC on November 13, 1999.
Lots of people expected C-Span to cover this meeting like it did the previous
one, but that did not happen. You have inquired regarding the lack of coverage
by C-Span and I offer the following. Because so many others have also inquired,
please excuse this "form" response which I am sending to everyone.
On July 1and 2, 1999, Bob Schulz from New York sponsored his first "IRS
Showdown" in DC. Speakers at this first meeting were Bill Benson (author of
"The Law That Never Was" which addresses the question of the non-ratification of the
16th Amendment), Bill Conklin, Joe Banister (former IRS Special Agent), Devvy Kidd
and myself. Fortunately on July 2, C-Span broadcast the second day of that meeting
nationwide and untold numbers of Americans caught it. Lots of interest in that
first Showdown was generated as a consequence. Many contacted C-Span and
ordered video tapes of the seminar and C-Span has informed Bob Schulz that it sold
more videos of that meeting than any other program it has ever broadcast.
Bob planned his second Showdown for this last weekend, November 13, because of
the apparent success of the first. Of the two meeting rooms on the 13th floor of
the Press Club Building in DC, Bob rented the bigger "special events" meeting
room; the Press Club has a built-in broadcast studio above this particular
meeting room, thus making coverage of a meeting there extremely easy. Thereafter,
Bob contacted C-Span inquiring whether it would cover this second meeting like
it did the first, and was informed that there was a great likelihood that it
would, reserving the possibility of cancellation in the event of some other
"more interesting meetings or events." Of course, C-Span does not let those
conducting events know about whether it will broadcast a meeting until
24 hours before.
When Bob made the arrangements for this second meeting, he was also lining
up the speakers. He asked Bill Benson to again attend as well as former IRS
Special Agent Joe Banister. Joe anticipated that he could get another retired IRS
revenue agent to also attend and this other agent has views similar to those of Joe.
Bob contacted Dave Bosset, an accountant and employer from Florida who recently
received a "refund" check from the IRS repaying taxes withheld from his
employees, and invited him to attend. As for me, I told Bob that whether
I could attend depended upon a lack of other obligations for that weekend.
Last Thursday, I called Bob and informed him that I could attend the second
Showdown. At that time, Bob told me that he expected C-Span to provide TV
coverage of the event and he wanted us to spread the word. I did, and you read one
of the announcements distributed by me or some other of the interested parties.
Bill Benson contacted many with the same message and everyone anticipated that
C-Span would televise that meeting on Saturday, Nov. 13.
On Friday, Nov. 12, most of the speakers arrived at the hotel at which we were
staying early; I did not get there until mid-night. Nobody had seen Bob Schulz
before we went to bed because he was driving down from New York. The next
morning, we all went to the Press Club in DC, and upon seeing Bob, he informed us
of his expectation of televised coverage by C-Span. However, he did mention that
he provided a notice of the meeting to all of the other press agencies located
in the Press Club Building on Friday, Nov. 12 and invited their attendance. Just
before he left New York on Friday, he received a call from a man named Joel Gray,
who claimed to be some type of federal government employee; Gray asked lots of
questions about the meeting and stated that he had an office in the Press Club
building and had received Bob's notice.
About 30 minutes before the meeting was to start, everyone was
anticipating the arrival of the C-Span crew. But when showtime arrived and C-Span
failed to appear, we had to start the meeting anyway. It was a good, well attended
meeting and video tapes will be made available from several sources, one of whom
will be Devvy Kidd whose webpage is at:
<http://www.devvy.com/index.html>
A particular highlight of this meeting was the speech given by Dave Bosset.
Dave is an accountant by profession as well as a computer program writer.
He is a businessman from Florida and recently (this last June) applied for a
refund from the IRS regarding withholding taxes that his company had paid on behalf
of its employees. Dave received that refund. He told those attending this meeting
about what he did and the legal basis for his refund claim. This is a "first"
and lots of people are interested in this issue. I hope that Dave soon sets up
his own webpage.
Other speakers were Bill Benson, whose webpage is located at:
<http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/>
Joe Banister, the former IRS Special Agent, also spoke and his webpage is
located at:
<http://www.freedomabovefortune.com/>
Devvy Kidd has several articles about Joe posted to her webpage at:
<http://www.devvy.com/banister.html>
<http://www.devvy.com/banister2.html>
Bob Schulz's webpage is located at:
<http://www.givemeliberty.org/>
And of course, mine (with Scott McDonald's) is located at:
<http://www.networkusa.org/index.shtml>
We were very disappointed that C-Span failed to broadcast the second meeting
of IRS Showdown. Presently, this is what we know regarding the failure of
C-Span to attend and broadcast Showdown II:
1. Bob Schulz believes that the government employee, Joel Gray, was
instrumental in convincing C-Span to not attend;
2. When the IRS Showdown was over, we went back to the hotel. Bill Benson
received an important message to call his wife, and that lead to certain very
intriguing information. Bill had informed lots of people that at Showdown
II, he would identify Senator Orin Hatch as a party who attempted to buy all of
Bill's work and books regarding the non-ratification of the 16th Amendment so
that this information would not "get into the hands of the kooks out there" across
America. Bill did tell everyone at Showdown II what Sen. Hatch's "henchmen" tried
to do. But Bill received after the meeting a very important message from a good and
reliable friend: C-Span did not attend and broadcast this meeting because
it was paid "big bucks" not to.
As more information is learned regarding this C-Span matter, I expect Bob
Schulz to post that information to his webpage. Why don't you periodically check
there to receive information about any late breaking developments.
Larry Becraft
<http://fly.hiwaay.net/~becraft/>
Regards,
Greg
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