Guess the state!

[theweaselking]

Dentist is her own lawyer, accountant, AND paralegal, as she attempts to explain to a court that:
A) The United States is a corporation
B) Corporations can’t have citizens, therefore there are no US citizens
C) Even if there were citizens, income tax would still be illegal, or something.

It gets wackier as she explains herself:

During a break, Montgomery-Ware discussed why she chose to represent herself without a lawyer. "Only I can claim my status,'' she said. "An attorney can't claim who I am, and that's important."

Montgomery-Ware said her husband passionately believes in their cause and has helped represent her in previous court appearances. She said he was not allowed to represent her in this case and was banned from the Tampa federal courthouse because "he can be loud and boisterous."

It has been hard representing herself without his help, she said, adding that U.S. District Judge James Moody refused to allow most evidence she wants to introduce.

"It's been a challenge. I really don't know what I'm doing," she said.

Also, same state: Journalism students graded on how much ad revenue they pull in.

Comments

[kafziel.livejournal.com]

Her picture in that article ... she looks as crazy as she thinks.

Hahahahaha, you're going to federal prison, silly lady

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

What makes her a quack is that she's going about it all wrong, claiming she's not a citizen and all that bullcrap. She'd be far better off challenging the court to present the actual federal law that requires her to pay federal income tax, the actual law that she's charged with violating. Folks have been found not guilty by using this tactic, because the IRS and judges have been either unwilling or unable to provide proof of the law. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173&q=Aaron+Russo%27s+The+Federal+Reserve&total=42&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (click only if you have 2 hours to spend watching a film, but it does relate to this.)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Folks have been found not guilty by using this tactic, because the IRS and judges have been either unwilling or unable to provide proof of the law.

Really? Got a case link? Or a name? Even *one* case of an income tax protester who's gotten away with it in court based on the idiotic argument that the 16th Amendment isn't part of the Constitution and that Title 26 is not federal law?

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

Lots are mentioned by name in the film, and many of them are not based on the arguement that the 16th amendment is not part of the constitution (most of them have to do with the fact that 16th amendment doesn't give the government the power to levy a new unapportioned tax on wages.). But no, I haven't any links to specific cases and really no time to go find them. It's not an issue I have much passion about, but I saw the film recently so thought I'd point it out. Maybe I shouldn't have, since I have not time to research to back it up. Sorry.

[kafziel.livejournal.com]

... the fact that the 16th Amendment doesn't give the government power to levy an unapportioned tax on wages? The same 16th Amendment that reads "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."?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The 16th amendment reads: "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."

Emphasis mine, of course.

Then, since your government is now explicitly and without reservation given permission to levy unapportioned taxes on *incomes of all sources*, we look at the actual tax law. Title 26, Chapter 61 defines "gross income" as: (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000061----000-.html)

(a) General definition
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, gross income means all income from whatever source derived, including (but not limited to) the following items:
(1) Compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items;
(2) Gross income derived from business;
(3) Gains derived from dealings in property;
(4) Interest;
(5) Rents;
(6) Royalties;
(7) Dividends;
(8) Alimony and separate maintenance payments;
(9) Annuities;
(10) Income from life insurance and endowment contracts;
(11) Pensions;
(12) Income from discharge of indebtedness;
(13) Distributive share of partnership gross income;
(14) Income in respect of a decedent; and
(15) Income from an interest in an estate or trust.

Once again, emphasis mine.

Chapter 63 of the same title (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000063----000-.html) defines "taxable income" as "gross income minus the deductions allowed by this chapter"

So, right there, in two links and five minutes reading, I've provided you with clear, unambiguous easily-checked US law showing that yes, your government DOES have the right to tax your income, and yes, there is a federal law saying that they *are going to* tax your income.

I leave as an exercise for the reader the job of checking out subsequent case law. I will, however, provide as a hint that Bill Gates and Lee Raymond file income tax returns every year, and if there was money to be made in taking the government to court over it, do you seriously believe either one of them would fail to do so?

All the same, I will watch the beginning of your silly movie, and I will see how long it takes for them to make a trivially debunked factually incorrect statement.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I will watch the beginning of your silly movie, and I will see how long it takes for them to make a trivially debunked factually incorrect statement.

Wow, it took less than a minute.

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry I was stupid and spoke out of turn, and even dumber than that I spoke about something I don't have any knowledge of. Lesson learned, and I won't do it again. I apologize for wasting your time and everyone elses.

[mightycodking.livejournal.com]

It's a bunch of bullshit, as you guessed. There are conspiracy theory movies making the rounds now (two of the more popular ones are called "Loose Change" and "Zeitgeist") and that circulate this myth, along with others such as:

* The Federal reserve is a private corporation lending money to the government at interest because international bankers want to own your soul and now they do ha ha ha. Also they caused the depression on purpose to get all the moneys.
* There is some sort of conspiracy involving Sun Gods. But soon we'll be in the Age of Aquarius and that should be some cool shit.
* 9/11 was an inside job. So was Pearl Harbour (kind of) and something similar with the Vietnam War.

Feel free to watch Zeitgeist.. it's entertaining and can be studied as a propaganda film.

[atlasimpure.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'd give that journalism program some bonus points for real-world accuracy.