From: rohrernl@helix.nih.gov (Nathan Rohrer)
Subject: Re: Why Are You Volunteering?
Organization: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:07:07 GMT

In article <pkershaw-140892091057@dce.com.> pkershaw@dce.com writes:

>In article <c9Fi03Uq59H500@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>, fierro@uts.amdahl.com
>(Doug Fierro) wrote:
>> 
>> In article <pkershaw-120892123244@dce.com.> pkershaw@dce.com writes:
>> >Did you know that there is NO law that requires you to pay Income Tax?
>> >Did you know that there is NO law that requires you to file a Return?
>> >ThatUs right!
>> >INCOME TAX IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY!
>> 
>>   Am I missing something here, or does the Sixteenth Amendment to the
>> Constitution of the United States spell it out specifically? (affectionately
>> referred to as the amendment that allows goverment to steal):
>> 
>>       Amendment XVI
>> 
>>       The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from
>>       whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States,
>>       and without regard to any census or enumeration.
>> 
>> 
>> What is unclear about this?  I hope no moron believes that this argument will
>> hold up in court...

>Guess I'm a moron, because I do believe, and so have the courts! In fact
>the courts have repeatedly believed, because the 16th Amendment was never
>ratified! You will also notice that this non-ratified amendment does not
>carry with it the standard Section 2 clause "Congress shall have power to
>enforce this article by appropriate legislation." This clause is standard
>for all other applicable amendments to the Constitution. By omitting such
>an important clause, Congress prevented itself from ever enacting any
>positive (real) laws related to Income Tax.

>Check out the most current version of United States Code, "Containing The
>General And Permanent Laws Of The United States." 
>Title 21Q Food And Drugs
>        To
>Title 26Q Internal Revenue Code
>As a footnote to the Codes, an asterisk adjacent to the Code number means
>"This title has been enacted as positive law." Guess what? Title 26-
>Internal Revenue Code has NO asterisk next to it! Title 26 is commonly
>referred to as negative law, and is purely administrative in nature (see
>Black's Law Dictionary). That is why the Income Tax system can ONLY be
>voluntary.

>Come to the meeting, and you may learn something. We study the law, and
>know what we are talking about!

>pkershaw@dce.com
>WAYV- Why Are You Volunteering?
>2888 Bluff Street, Suite 195
>Boulder, CO 80301
>303-692-1699 voice mail

So...  what year did you last pay federal income taxes?
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