NOTE: We KNOW what this is about. They have been doing this every time a citizen got all his ducks in a row and called the IRS to task: "You don't owe taxes," the IRS letter will say. "You're right. We just don't want the whole world to know," is implied.
I know several people who have gone through this process and LEGALLY no longer pay income taxes. THEY HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE IRS THAT SAYS EXACTLY THAT! In fact, the stock letter even tells them how to get a refund on taxes they have paid. (Certainly this isn't news to any of you. You DO all know that the income tax System is ONLY LEGAL ON A VOLUNTARY basis, don't you...?)
After all, they surmise, if only a few know, it doesn't 'hurt' the system. But if you dare to shout the TRUTH to the whole world, the IRS will destroy you somehow.
Knowing this, Bob Schulz has taken his life and his death in his own hands: If I am going to die for something, it will be my own choosing! he is telling us.
Looks like someone else has joined him in the fast? Wow!
THESE ARE THE REAL AMERICAN HEROES! Those airplane pilots on the Spy plane that got caught by the Chinese? Those guys weren't heroes. They were just getting paid to do a job for which they were trained. Bob Schulz, NOW THERE'S A HERO!!!!
Have any of you read, 'Vulture in Eagle's Clothing'? ...just curious.
Day 20: Schulz refuses
IRS offer
Tax activist says private meeting with officials 'unacceptable'
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By Julie Foster
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A top IRS official offered to meet with hunger-striker Bob Schulz and others who believe most Americans are not legally required to pay income taxes, but Schulz turned down the offer since the agency did not want audio or video recordings made of the meeting, an activist group said.
Schulz and Oklahoma businessman Roland Croteau have vowed to eat nothing and drink only water until the IRS produces a list of government officials that will meet this fall in a public forum to discuss a theory that income taxes are illegal and the 16th Amendment was fraudulently ratified.
The IRS has remained silent, refusing to comment on the hunger strike until now. IRS Director of Office of Congressional Affairs Floyd Williams called Schulz Wednesday, offering to send attorneys to meet with members of the so-called "tax-honesty movement." In contrast to the activist's demand for a public hearing, the agency said it would only meet in private and without video or audio recording, according to Schulz's group, We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education. Schulz called the offer "unacceptable."
"This is no ordinary taxpayer inquiry. These issues affect millions of Americans," he said. "The sessions must be recorded and must (be) conducted fully in public."
An IRS spokeswoman made a brief statement to WorldNetDaily: "The IRS is in the process of trying to make arrangements to meet with Mr. Schulz, but those arrangements have not yet been finalized." She added that the agency has received a number of requests from congressional representatives who have asked for a meeting between government officials and Schulz. Asked how many requests were made and by whom, the spokeswoman said she had no further information.
But at least one petitioner is known – Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md. On Wednesday, We The People said Bartlett was informed by IRS officials that Schulz's tax questions regarding the IRS's legal jurisdiction, the ratification of the 16th Amendment and supposed Fifth Amendment protection for taxpayers should be answered by the Department of Justice, not the IRS.
The lone congressional representative at Schulz's Washington press conference Tuesday, Bartlett asked the IRS to meet with Schulz. While the congressman sympathizes with the protester's plight, he reportedly asked Schulz to call off the hunger strike.
The activist responded, "With all due respect, I know my rights. I will not equivocate. I will not betray my liberty – even if my rights starve me."
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I will not equivocate. I will not betray my liberty – even if my rights starve me.
--Bob Schulz
