Comments to The President\'s Tax Panel

Carolyn Palit

Individual

To the Tax Panel:

This is my comment: The Constitution tells us that there is \"no direct
tax.\" This means that the 16th Amendment is an unconstitutional
amendment. According to the well-researched book, [The Law That Never
Was]{.underline}, it was not even properly ratified. It should have been
thrown out years ago on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. An
unconstitutional law is a null and void law.

We are not required to obey any law that is unconstitutional or
unlawful. To do so would not be upholding The Constitution as is our
duty as citizens. In fact, it would be acting against The Constitution,
acting unlawfully, would be poor citizenship, and could even be
construed by some to be treasonous by overthrowing a important section
of The Constitution.

Therefore \-- the income tax by being a direct tax is unlawful. We do
not have to pay an income tax because The Constitution says that there
are no direct taxes. Passing an amendment outlawing free speech would be
passing an unconstitutional amendment in violation of the 1st Amendment.
No one would even obey an unconstitutional amendment outlawing free
speech. The 16th Amendment is just the same \-- it is in direct
violation of The Constitution.

Paying an income tax is voluntary [and]{.underline} based on
self-disclosure. This is or was printed on IRS materials.
Self-disclosure is done by filling out and filing an income tax form. If
paying an income tax is voluntary AND based on self-disclosure, then why
should anyone voluntarially fill in or file the income tax forms?
Therefore, we do not have to file forms to self-dislose income for an
unconstitutional, unlawful, possibly treasonous, but voluntary tax based
on a null and void amendment.

Being required by the federal government to file an income tax form is
also in violation of the 4th Amendment of being \"secure in our persons,
houses, [papers]{.underline}, and effects.\" We are being required to
reveal the information on our personal papers without a crime being
committed and a proper warrant. The fact that the court just recently
admitted that citizens do not have to obey an IRS summons without a
proper warrant says that the court recognizes the fact that the IRS
demanding that we reveal information contained in our personal papers is
a violation of constitutional protections requiring a warrant. But if a
warrant is issued, that warrant is unlawful because no crime is being
committed.

Personal income does not fit the law\'s definitions for taxable income
anyway. Personal income from one\'s labor is not [taxable]{.underline}
income.

We could even say that paying taxes when a portion (the largest portion
by the way) goes to the military and is used for war is in violation of
people\'s constitutional protections of freedom of religion. If one\'s
religious beliefs include the idea that war is in violation of the
commandment \"thou shalt not kill,\" then demanding that citizens give
men money to enable them to go to another country and kill people would
be in violation of the freedom of religious protection in The
Constitution. If one is a Wiccan, a Pagan, or holds a Goddess-oriented
belief system and that belief or creed includes a reverance for the
earth which they believe Their Creator made and a creed that commands
that they do not harm the innocent, then giving men money to blow up the
earth and contaminate it with depleted uranium or other by-products of
war and kill innocent non-combatants would also be requiring a person to
violate their protections of \"creed\" under

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The Constitution. Demanding people fund actions that go against their
religion or creed is in violation of the 1st Amendment. Isn\'t paying
for killing the innocent or paying for hurting The Creation just as bad
as doing it?

One is also not required to incriminate ownself in a court of law. So
going to court on an IRS summons and being required to answer questions
that would incriminate oneself is in violation of the 5th Amendment.

Patriotic citizens should consider obeying The Constitution instead of
the unconstitutional organization, the IRS. The IRS and any court that
rules in favor of IRS collection of nontaxable, voluntary, income taxes
or rules that one file an income tax form is in violation the 1st
Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 5th Amendment, and the The
Constitutional protection of \"no direct tax.\" Because the 16th
Amendment is an unconstitutional amendment and is therefore null and
void, any court that demands fines for failure to file or fines for back
taxes or demands taxes be paid to the IRS is pretending that a crime has
been committed when in fact no crime really has been committed. Charges
brought against a person by the IRS for tax issues on personal income
are \"false charges.\" Prison or jail time would be \"false
incarceration\" and should result in damages paid to the tax defendant.

Now, I know I am not a lawyer or a legal expert, but I do know my
Constitution, and I think the above is a pretty good, constitutional
synopsis of the income tax issues. I appreciate you giving me the time
to make these comments.

Thank you,

Carolyn Palit

javelinatales@yahoo.com