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Nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands...

These are the words of Judge Learned Hand who said in Helvering v. Gregory, 60 Fed.2d 809, that:

Anyone may arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; He is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the Treasury; There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes.

Over and over again courts have said there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible, everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right; for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands. (f) Taxes are an enforceable extraction, and not a voluntary contribution. (Emphasis added)

Footnotes

(a)   The Government sent both Leona Helmsley and Pete Rose to jail (as they have done to countless others) by using against them the very information they furnished on their tax returns.  Can the Government really compel information from the public and then use it against them in this manner? If the government can, legally, do that – why can’t it, legally reintroduce the medieval rack?   Did you know that Alridge Aimes the CIA agent who spied for the Soviet Union, was convicted of tax evasion as well as espionage?  Imagine, he  didn’t report the millions paid to him by the Soviet Union. Because the 5^th Amendment protected him from incriminating himself, he was not required to reveal the “source” of  these funds, but was merely expected to report these millions as “miscellaneous income.”  Supposedly this would throw the CIA off the track, and thus his rights under the 5^th Amendment would still be intact.    If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.  

(b)   If your accountant or tax lawyer tells you that there are laws that require you "to pay" income taxes or make you "liable" for income taxes ask them to produce the laws that say so.  Even if your are not from Missouri, wouldn’t you like to see such laws with your own eyes?  Your tax adviser should have no trouble producing such statutes since either one or both provisions can easily be found in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to numerous other federal taxes.

 How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't

This humorous, fully illustrated book provides readers with a thorough and fundamental understanding of what makes an economy grow, and the reasons why it doesn't.  Subjects include, the causes of inflation, how capital is created, discouraged and destroyed, and the use and misuse of commercial and consumer credit.  In short, it explains how the nation got into its current economic mess.  Illustrations by Vic Lockman.

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The Kingdom of Moltz- This is a wonderful read in a style that is somewhere between Dr. Suess and Irwin Schiff, about inflation and where it came from!

Another literary
Gem is
The Tax Rebel's Guide to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence

These Two Books are "Must Have" references for every victimized American

For insight on America's perilous economic situation (and how we got there), read Irwin's letter to Lou Dobbs  Click Here.  "When will Lou Dobbs get it right?".