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     While media financial reporters keep the current focus of the public eye on Martha Stewart, the insolvency of U.S. banks due to their derivative holdings is being swept under the carpet. Because banks have not been making a profit from traditional lending, derivatives became a fantastic way for them to net huge gains by trying to guess (gamble on) future prices of commodities or stocks. They were able to take these gambling risks because the Fed is supposed to back them from losses that would make them insolvent (more liabilities than assets). The worst part is that derivative transactions stay off the books and away from the prying eyes of investors and analysts. 
     U.S. interest rates being kept low by the Federal Reserve System (which  is neither Federal nor does it have any intrinsic reserves) is to simply hide the hundreds of $Billions ($100 Billion U.S. Dollars = $100,000,000,000) of derivative losses and the true insolvency of U.S. banks. The moment interest rates start to run up, U.S. banks will be left holding little paper value assets to offset their vast derivative gambling losses.
     U.S. stock markets are being manipulated to show overall value gains and "profits" and to keep U.S. banks "paper solvent". In reality, the public is being conned into thinking that U.S. banks are still solvent because they show "gains" in their stock "paper" value. If the U.S. markets were not manipulated, U.S. banks would collapse overnight along with the entire U.S. economy. U.S. banks are merging with each other to hide their derivative losses with "paper asset" bookkeeping that incorrectly shows they are solvent with enough "assets" to overcome their losses. In reality, this is 
smoke-and-mirror accounting, a scam worth $Trillions. U.S. banks - with the privately owned Federal Reserve System at the helm - have turned into giant casinos by running a casino economy that is splintering into vast piles of insolvent firewood. The kindling was lit in the early 1990's, but now a bonfire is raging with great plumes of red-ink smoke. Can the Fed and the Fed-controlled media keep the public from seeing that red smoke with their manipulative mirrors? If the public would just open their eyes and wake up, they would see what's really going on, so here's something to focus your eyes on: 
     The top 10 U.S. banks with the largest derivatives holdings (estimate based on OCC Q3-2003 report and updated from news releases since 10/03). Remember, $1 Billion U.S. Dollars = $1,000,000,000. RANK - BANK NAME - DERIVATIVES (in $US BILLIONS)

     If you want to get a hint at how much red ink your U.S. bank casino is swimming in, look at their latest financial report and keep an eye out for an entry such as, "adjustment of derivative financial instruments" or "adjustment of non-interest instruments". If they list such an "adjustment" (most do not), this means they have written off the losses incurred from their derivative gambling.
     If you bank with one of the 10 banks listed above, you can expect worse than the 1986-1990 Savings & Loan bank collapses when people were unable to remove all or most of their money from their accounts until years later. This time, you can expect to lose whatever they claim to "hold" for you because the FDIC and the Fed have no means to replace the losses with any intrinsic value. (gold or silver).
      If you choose to keep accounts with these U.S. banks, you have just become a high-stakes gambler, and the odds are stacked against you.
      "We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force." 
[Ayn Rand, The Nature of Government]

     Today the Department of Astronomy announced that it has filed suit against three prominent astronomy protestors for saying that the earth is spherical, rather than flat. The Department is asking the court to order that the three illegal astronomy protestors have bamboo inserted under their fingernails until they repent of their blasphemous hate-speech. According to top officials at the Department of Astronomy, the argument that the earth is spherical is "patently frivolous." "If the world were spherical, everything would slide off," said I.M. Kluliss, Minister of Information for the Department. In order to educate the public about the incorrectness of the "round earth" argument, the Department is warning that anyone caught making such a claim will have their kneecaps smashed on the spot. (The Department has already removed the tongues of several "round earth" extremists.) Larkus Rosus, one of the most prominent advocates of the "round earth" argument, recently had his hut invaded by Department soldiers, who cut off three of his toes. "We hope this reasonable response shows the people that Mr. Rosus is incorrect in his conclusions," explained Mr. Kluliss. Every imperial court that has reviewed the "round earth" claim has concluded that it is "without merit," and some have imposed immediate decapitation for raising the issue. "This is for their own good," said Judge Gawd Komplex, adding "these people need to be taught that disagreeing with authority is a bad idea." Many have criticized the Department for being too lenient in the past when dealing with these astronomy cheats and scam artists. Former Commissioner of Terrorism, Charlz Rezotti, stated that "we need to protect the public from these dangerous ideas, and if the only way to do that is to exterminate several thousand illegal astronomy protesters, then that's what we should do." Being the open-minded and objective publication that we are, we tried to interview some of the extremist, nutcase "round earth" wackos. We caught up with one such astronomy protestor, Mr. Thersten Belle, shortly after the courts had ordered that his tongue be cut out with hedge sheers. He had no comment, proving that he was lying all along. ------------------------------------- Any resemblance of the above to actual persons or the names of actual persons was entirely intentional. If you don't like it, bite me. Sincerely, Larken Rose larken@taxableincome.net

     Dear Friends: John Turner, E.A., who spent 10 years as a Revenue Officer in the Collection Division of the IRS, and has courageously lent his voice to the ever-growing group of professionals speaking out about the illegal administration and enforcement of the federal income tax, recently had a very interesting telephone conversation with an IRS agent (story below). The truth is seeping into the IRS fortress and the walls are crumbling. Continue to tell ten friends to tell ten friends to tell ten friends that the federal income tax system IS being administered and enforced beyond what the law allows and that the American people should not be subjected to such tyranny by their own government. A government that claims that it is working to establish freedom and justice around the world can not simultaneously be unjustly and illegally extracting money and property from its own citizens.  *********************** 
      Joe, Yesterday, I received a phone call from a fellow patriot who revealed something of interest. I don’t think he will mind me relaying this information as no information compromising my contact or his acquaintance will be mentioned here.
      At the end of his work day he stopped at a public gathering place (meditating society?) and found himself at a table of 8 people whom he described as all “patriots”. My friend said they were discussing the fraud of the money system and that all at the table knew of it and recognize the fraud. He said one man at the table reluctantly admitted that he was an IRS employee, that he was aware of the plight of Dick Simkanin, and was also aware of Joe Banister, Sherry Jackson, and John Turner. He said the man didn’t want to admit it but indicated that the courts are stacked against people, the government won’t allow evidence (in criminal tax trials, a la Simkanin), knows the system is corrupt, said that non-compliance is at 17% (not paying taxes) and that “the word” is getting out. He said the man was nervous about talking about “these issues” but knows what is going on. It was implied that his nervousness or reluctance was due to the fact that he is near retirement and would not want to do anything to jeopardize his job.
     I asked my friend if he thought the man would be willing to talk with me for a minute. He walked over to the man and handed the phone to him. The man said, “Hello, Mr. Turner, how are you?” He did not identify himself to me. I asked if it was true that he was familiar with Mr. Simkanin and us three former IRS agents and he admitted he was well aware. I asked him if he was an enforcement agent and he replied that he was not. I was hoping that he might reveal a clue as to his background within the IRS but he did not offer that. He told me that there are a lot of people unhappy with the tax system, that the tax system we have needs to go, but that because we need some type of system there will always be something even if the current one is scrapped. I told him that we were not against paying taxes, per se, but that we were against the government being untruthful with the American people about the income tax and couldn’t remain silent after having discovered the government deceptions. He said that we are living in interesting times, that he is very concerned about the shape of our country, and that change is needed. He abruptly informed me that it had been nice talking with me and that he had people waiting for him and needed to go. I thanked him for talking with me and out of courtesy for having a proper “good bye” I asked him for his first name. To which he said, “Let me just hand the phone back to your friend.”
      I consider it very nice under the circumstances that he was willing to speak with me briefly, but I did sense his uneasiness. 
John Turner Former IRS Revenue Officer 

What follows is the transcript of a Feb. 11 online chat on the Forbes.com CEO Network with New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston, author of Perfectly Legal: 

The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else (Portfolio, $25.95). 

The chat was moderated by Mark Lewis of Forbes.com. 

     Mark Lewis: Welcome, everyone. Let's get started. David, you begin your book with the statement, "I believe that taxes are at the core of our democracy." What do you mean?  
     David Cay Johnston: All governments have taxes. And governments that lose their tax systems cease to exist. Taxes are the means by which we decide how we're going to finance maintaining our democracy--who pays how much, how the burdens are distributed.  What's wrong with our current tax system? Most Americans believe what turns out to be a myth--that we heavily tax the highest-income Americans to subsidize the poor. What the government's data show is that the middle class and upper middle class--people making $30,000 to $500,000 per year--are subsidizing the highest-income taxpayers. Tax rates on the middle and upper middle classes are rising, the government's data show, but for the people who make millions per year, effective tax rates are falling dramatically.  Secondly, law enforcement has collapsed. I name two billionaires who've testified under oath that for 30 years they never filed a tax return while running a business in New York. Nothing has happened to them, or to most of the many other people I name in my book who admit or even brag about not paying taxes. 
     How did things get this way?  Most Americans, if they ever meet a senator or congressman, shake their hand in the mall at election time. Important donors, about one in 850 Americans, get to sit down with their congressman and explain in detail their grievances. Every politician will tell you, you cannot buy their vote. All you can buy is access. Well, access has bought the attention of Congress, so that members are focused on the needs and welfare of their donors, not their typical constituents. 
     Proof? Two days after 9/11, the first tax bill introduced in Congress was estate tax relief for the victims, which did absolutely nothing for the firefighters, police officers, secretaries and volunteers who died. It wasn't a guaranteed college education for the orphans of 9/11. It was tax relief for the very narrow group, probably less than 2% of those who died, who would owe estate taxes.
     How would you change the tax system? I don't know, but you do. By "you" I mean that all of us, if we understand the reality of how our current tax system works and the principles of taxation, can come up with a better system, one that encourages strivers and rewards those who play by the rules instead of focusing its benefits on those who are already stunningly rich.
     You direct numerous barbs at the "super-rich," whom we at Forbes like to celebrate as wealth-creators. Do you think the tax system should be designed to prevent the amassing of great fortunes? 
     The tax system should be encouraging prosperity and wealth, and making sure those are as widespread as possible. But what the government's data show is that we are taxing away the ability of the middle class to save, and damaging their prosperity. And by radically lowering the effective tax rates of the highest-income Americans, we are concentrating wealth and income very, very, very narrowly. 
     In 1970, the top 1/100th of 1% of Americans had about 1% of the income. And the bottom third of Americans had more than 10% of the income. Now, they're equal. Just 27,000 people have as much income as the bottom 96 million Americans, who in real terms have less income today than in 1970. And the number of people it takes today to account for 1% of all income? In 1970 it was more than 20,000 people. Today it's less than 400.
     How high would the top rate be in your tax system? Again, I don't know. What we do know is that relatively lower marginal rates reduce tax cheating, but for them to work, we have to broaden the tax base. We only tax about half of income each year. So if we tax all income, clearly we could significantly lower rates on everyone. 
     What do you think Congress should do about the Alternative Minimum Tax? The taxpayer advocate at the IRS recommends repeal. The problem is, some really good tax lawyers say that would create new loopholes. Some other ways to address this are to set a high-income threshold for the tax to apply, say $500,000 per year and up, and eliminate, in the AMT calculations, the ordinary deductions and exemptions people take for themselves, their spouses, their children, their state and local income and property taxes, and the standard deductions. Otherwise, in 2013 about 43 million households will be on the AMT. 
     In this morning's New York Times you write about a gentleman named Irwin Schiff, who asserts that the federal income tax is illegal and does not have to be paid. Schiff clearly is an extreme case, but how deeply do Americans in general resent the current tax system? Can that resentment be harnessed to support the reforms you advocate?
   The number of people who believe that the United States government is a criminal organization that illegally extracts income taxes and imprisons those who challenge it with no legal cause is a lot bigger than I ever imagined. There are at least 7,500 business owners who don't withhold taxes and turn them over, according to the General Accounting Office--and those are just the ones the government knows about. There are people all over the country who grit their teeth and pay their taxes but subscribe to this dangerous and nutty idea that the federal government is a criminal organization. That's a sign of how oppressive the tax system has become on the bottom third of Americans whose incomes in real terms have been falling for years, while they're being squeezed by rising taxes at all levels of government.
     Every thoughtful American should be concerned when a man whose own psychiatrist says he's crazy--Irwin Schiff--has among his supporters business owners and others who are not on the economic fringe. 
     Any final thoughts? The promise of our Constitution is that we together can work out the solutions to our problems. But doing that requires that, one, people understand what's actually happening in our tax system rather than the blather of politicians, and two, that people participate as voters and as citizens who discuss public issues with their friends and neighbors. The reason our tax system is out of whack is that the narrow segment of very high-income people who don't want to pay taxes has been actively engaged in exercising their citizenship. And too many of the rest of us have been watching Jennifer Lopez. 

CONGRESS OUTSOURCED 
TO INDIA 

 
     Washington DC - Citing the growing cost of running the Federal government and the need to cut costs in order to reduce the budget deficit, President Bush announced today that he was laying off all 535 members of Congress and transferring lawmaking operations to a legislative support center in Bangalore, India.
      "Hey, outsourcing is the way to go these days," said Bush at an impromptu news conference where he announced the decision, adding, "the American people want to see less government waste. Since every one of those ex-Congressmen had a salary of  $150,000, this move will cut our costs by over $80 million per year, and that's not even counting what we'll save on health insurance and retirement plans."
     Sources indicate that the Indian replacements will be paid approximately $250 per month. The outcry from the newly laid-off Senators and Representatives was swift. Ex-California Senator Diane Feinstein said, "This is absolutely outrageous. How can a bunch of replacements over in India run Congress? What do they know about filibusters and committee hearings?" 
     As she was being escorted out of the Hart Senate Office Building by US Capitol Police officers, Feinstein complained that the newly terminated lawmakers were only given ten minutes to clean out their desks and leave the building.
      "I think it's a great idea," said Vice President Dick Cheney, speaking from a secure undisclosed location. "The American people were fed up with that expensive do-nothing Congress which didn't always give the President everything he asked for. Our new Indian replacements will be much cooperative to the President, which is what we all want." 
     Asked whether the outsourcing is constitutional,  Cheney noted, "That's up to the Supreme Court to decide, but as you know, they usually see things our way."
     The new members of Congress seem thrilled with the attention they are receiving. Speaking from the offices of All-India Legislative Support Centre Ltd. in Bangalore, new Mississippi Senator Ramchandra Shektar Gupta told reporters, "The Indian people are very hard working and we will do our best as US Congressmen and Congresswomen. And we are going to have some fun too. Just think: we have $2 trillion of the American taxpayers' money to spend!
By Anonymous

     Fourteen-year-old Alex Navarro seeks justice in the courtroom. Hopefully, with your help, Alex will achieve his goal. He is reaching out to the American citizens to inform them of their jury rights and obligations. It is his aspiration to inform one million people exactly what the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities are of being a juror.  
     Alex who lives in Queensbury, New York is currently working on his Eagle Scout project for the Boy Scouts. Upon completion of this educational project he will have achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
     A requirement of the eagle rank is completing a community service project. While other boys are tackling to rebuild playgrounds and rickety buildings for their projects, Alex has chosen to seek justice in our courtrooms. Let's support Alex!
     We can all help Alex Achieve his goal by visiting his website at www.jurorsrule.com 
         

Independence Day from the UNI-GOV Engineers.

     The six of them sat around the fire, watching the flames dance in the darkness, fighting back the evening chill. It had been a long day of hunting - but productive.  The youngest had gotten his first deer, and two other kills ensured a good supply of venison for the family.  Talk of the hunt had dwindled and all now stared into the dying flames without speaking. 
     "Father", one of the older boys asked, "Was it like this  when you were my age?" The two adults looked at each  other, then gazed back into the flames. "No son, not exactly." "Why not?" "Well, when I was your age, there was a war on." The youngsters stirred, then settled in more comfortably. That their father had played a part in the war for liberty always made them proud. Each retelling brought new details, and each young man imagined what role he might have played if he had been alive in those times.
      "I was about your age when the shooting started in  what turned out to be the great war for independence. The  government had been pushing the people, taxing them heavily, ignoring their rights. There were even incidents where the government troops had massacred innocent people, and the government abuses were getting worse all the time." He stopped and prodded the fire, sending a shower of sparks skyward. After a thoughtful moment, he  continued.
     "The people took it for a long time. Longer, perhaps, than we should have. Even when the fighting broke out, there were a lot of people who were against it. The government was uneasy with us rebels always agitating for better representation and complaining about taxation. Of course, we were uneasy about the government too, so we organized into militia groups that could respond at a minute's notice to any alarm. We all agreed we would have arms and ammunition in case things got bad. And eventually, they did.
      "The day finally came when the government actually tried to take our guns and ammunition. Sent troops marching right into the city to seize them." "And that's when the shooting started?", asked the youngest. His father nodded his head slowly and spoke in an absent voice. "Yes. That's when the shooting began. None of you were even born then. Some have called it the shot heard round the world, but I wish it hadn't come to that. A lot of good people died on both sides. But it couldn't be helped. The government had passed laws saying we could not have guns within the city limits. They had a list of places where they thought arms were stored, and they sent the government troops to seize them." "But you were ready, father?" "Yes son, we were. We knew the government troops were coming. And we knew that the time had come to stop them."   
     "They marched in like they thought they owned the place. We could see their breath in the cold night air and hear the crunch of snow under their boots. They marched right out in the open, as if they didn't have anything to worry about. We hid and waited until just the right moment, then opened up on them with everything we had. We killed many of them and wounded many others, then we melted away like spirits into the night. The government called up reinforcements, but they didn't know who we were. Word of our daring spread quickly, and we soon found our ranks swelling with other citizens who believed in the cause of liberty and wanted to fight along side of us."
      "We came damned close to losing. The government of course had professional troops not only the military, but foreign troops imported just to fight us. Mercenaries. We almost missed our last chance to remove the boot of  tyranny from our necks, to throw off the heavy yoke of unconscionable taxation. We almost lost our last chance to be free."
     "But then the militia began to catch up with the politicians who were behind the heavy taxation and the attempt to disarm the citizens. In one night, all four senators from California and New York - all of whom had worked so hard to disarm the people - were caught and executed - by firing squad. In rapid succession, more than 27 congressmen, and another 13 senators were tried for treason and executed."
      "And that's when things got really interesting. The House was composed largely of people sympathetic to the cause of freedom, but there were so many traitors in the senate that if they'd all been killed, there wouldn't have been a  quorum, so some of them were frog-marched into session for a series of votes. In a period of 24 hours, Congress repealed all gun control laws, the entire IRS code, all illicit drug laws, eliminated the entire drug  interdiction system and defunded 90% of all Federal government agencies. HUD, BATF, FBI, EPA - all gone overnight. We withdrew from the United Nations and gave all U.N. delegates 24 hours to get out. Then we eliminated all foreign aid. 
     The last item was approving the new budget - which came in at just under $100 billion. Then we took the traitors out onto the front lawn and executed them. The next day, we dynamited the U.N. building. Brought it right down in one huge pile of dusty rubble."
      "All those blue helmets we'd been shooting at, along with the vehicles and arms and the foreign troops who carried  them were surrendered to us. Some units decided to fight on, and they were hunted down and destroyed. We shipped the captured U.N. soldiers home - stripped to bare skin and packed into the hold of a cargo ship. They took nothing with them but water, oatmeal and enough fuel to get them to Africa." 
      "We bought our freedom with blood. Over 300,000 men died in the fighting before it was all over." "We thought the rest of the world might go crazy, but it didn't. Sure, the stock markets took a pounding for a little while, but since we had already announced a return to the gold standard, the market actually rebounded and stabilized in less than a year." "The president signed every one of the new bills into law and gave a speech about the power of the people, freedom and the first Declaration of Independence. As  Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, one of his last acts was to impose a uniform standard of fitness on all branches of the military. Twenty-three percent of the military was discharged within the week for lack of fitness. He then instituted a policy providing for a confidence vote of the officers by the men - resulting in the ouster of  more than 75% of the general staff. Those officers who had been playing politics at the expense of military readiness were discharged without retirement benefits. A few were court-martialed for treason and shot. Thirty days later, the president resigned."
      "Some thought other countries would see the drive for liberty and the decline in military numbers as an opportunity to attack U.S. interests. Some actually tried. They were punished with a fury that hasn't been seen since the U.S. flash-broiled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One particularly belligerent country lost over a hundred thousand troops in a single afternoon - but they were warned and didn't heed the warning. After that, no one dared to mess with the USA. Our forces were meaner and leaner than ever, and they weren't under the control of a commander-in-chief who owed his presidency to foreign interests. Military morale was at an all-time high. Enemies and allies alike just hung onto their seats with knuckles turning white while we cleaned house and restored freedom and everyone waited to see how it would all turn out."
      "With their pay cut by 75%, their perks and status gone, many of the remaining members of Congress hung their heads and went home. They knew that they had failed to fulfill their oath of office and that their greedy dreams of power were over. Some found real jobs. Others committed suicide. A few, some of the good ones, stayed on and began the rebuilding process, but most of the vacancies weren't filled for a couple of years. A lot had fled for fear that they might be called to account for past votes."
      "We found out we didn't really need a federal government - not like we thought we did. Even the poor were better off. Americans discovered real charity again, and communities began to pull together. People could begin to see that their neighborhoods were really theirs... not something on loan from the Federal government. 
     Sure, a lot of welfare bums had to get jobs. I didn't shed any tears over that. Some of the mothers who kicked their husbands out found life considerably changed. There were no more government payments, and the state stopped enforcing alimony. Some ran short on food until they learned to go to the local church and ask for it. They seemed shocked at the idea that they were no longer entitled to a living. But they adjusted."
      "Americans rediscovered freedom and liberty, and  vowed they would never again let their government rule them. Eventually Congress rebuilt. In its new trimmer form, it was something of which the Founding Fathers might have been proud. And the idea of being a career politician? It sort of got lost along the way. These days people seem to understand that politicians serve for the good of the country, not the good of the politician."
     "The general tension in the country subsided quickly. New laws were passed that made the person who filed a bad faith law suit responsible for all costs, plus damages, and for the first time, courts started awarding those damages. A lot of lawyers wound up standing in soup lines. Can't say it hurt my feelings any. Medical costs plummeted. Do you know how much doctors used to have to charge just to get insurance coverage for unfounded malpractice claims?!
      When all the minorities and hyphenated Americans realized that they weren't going to be compensated for hurt feelings, they quit agitating and made a greater effort to be part of society, instead of trying to tear it apart. Jackson and Sharpton finally got on the boat and went back to Africa. Seem to recall one of them was killed when an angry mob strung him up."
     "Entire segments of the insurance industry collapsed as people realized that they didn't need coverage for the imaginary ills of others. This by itself brought a measure of freedom. People weren't afraid to have a party and invite friends over. It seems hard to believe now that there was once a time when someone who drank too much could blame the person who served him for injuries sustained in an accident, but it s true!"
      "Law schools went into deep decline. To be sure, there was still a need for lawyers. But the practice of shunning came back into vogue and nowhere was it practiced with more ardor than when shunning a lawyer who served himself above his clients."
      "The media giants staggered. The Federal government began charging for the use of the People's airwaves and contributing the charges towards the cost of running the country. With the reduced government, and the charge for use of public resources, the need for Federal taxes disappeared." "There were a lot of changes. The Feds were barred from keeping records on law- abiding Americans. Social Security paid out what was owed to the people who contributed, and then it was shut down. We were free to plan for our own futures."
      "But that first engagement - that was the day we looked back on as the day our freedom began anew. That frosty night, as we waited on the roof tops and behind the trash dumpsters for the U.N. troops to come and try to take our firearms. We declared our independence in .30 caliber lead." 
     Stirring from deep thoughts, the man's wife looked with respect and affection at the grizzled old man who was her husband and her hero. "Of course, they rewrote the Second Amendment", she said, "It wasn't the same back then. They added a line. Before the war for independence started, the Second Amendment said, "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It wasn't until 2011 or so that they added, "Any person who questions this right in a legislative body may be shot without consequences."
      The change was enacted exactly four years after that first encounter with the U.N. troops, on the day when ordinary citizens took their firearms into the Nation's capital and came back with our freedom... Independence day, September 6, 2007."  
     "You know," the father said, "I was just thinking. In all of human history, there was never before a country like ours. We were given a gift of incalculable value by men in 1776, and in a little over 200 years, we nearly ruined it. I wonder how long it will be before people start to let their rights slip again? How long will it be before they forget again, the price that was paid for their freedom?"
     There was no answer but the slow crackling of the dying embers.
                ~~~~~~~~~~~
    "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." - Justice of the Supreme Court, William O. Douglas

America the Unfree 
by Paul Craig Roberts

     The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal's tenth annual Index of Economic Freedom pulls the wool over our eyes. The deception is unintentional and arises from a fatal flaw in the index. 
     The index delivers the comforting conclusion that the US is the 10th most free country, far ahead of 155th ranked North Korea. However, the index ignores the simple truth that people who do not own the  product of their labor are not free. People subject to an income tax do not own the product of their labor.
     Our Founding Fathers understood this. Indeed, historically the very definition of freedom has been self-ownership. Serfs and slaves are not free, because they do not own their labor.
     Any American who thinks he owns his labor can test the proposition by refusing to pay his income tax. He will quickly discover that he is not a free person.
     The Heritage index is ahistorical. It is blind to the enormous loss of freedom in the 20th century, especially in the US and the UK. It takes as its starting point the re-enserfment of populations and predicates a "freedom" index on unfree labor. 
     This extraordinary failing reduces a valuable study to a propaganda device.
      Compare an American taxpayer's situation today with  that of a 19th century American slave. Not all slaves worked on cotton plantations. Some with marketable skills were leased to businesses or released to labor markets, where they worked for money wages. Just like the wages of today's taxpayer, a portion of the slave's money wages was withheld. In those days the private owner, not the government, received the withheld portion of the slave's wages.
     Slaves in that situation were as free as today's American taxpayer to choose their housing from the available stock, purchase their food and clothing, and entertain themselves.
     In fact, they were freer than today's American taxpayer. By hard work and thrift, they could save enough to purchase their freedom.
     No American today can purchase his freedom from the IRS. 
     Slaves could also run away. Today, Americans who run away are pursued to the far ends of the earth. Indeed, the IRS can assert its ownership rights for years after an American gives up his citizenship and becomes a citizen of a different country. The IRS need only claim that the former American gave up his citizenship for tax reasons.
     I challenge Heritage and the Wall Street Journal to initiate a broader index of freedom, one that not only includes self-ownership, but also the Bill of Rights that defines our civil liberties and the 14th Amendment that insists on equality before the law. 
     Such an index would reveal that the US is a stunningly unfree country. The lowest federal tax  rate in combination with the Social Security and Medicare tax confers serf status upon lower income groups. The top tax rate, federal and state, converts successful Americans into government's slaves.
     The protective principles in law that ensure our civil liberties - no crime without intent, no bills of attainder, no retroactive law, the attorney-client privilege, no self-incrimination - have been eroded beyond recognition. Wars against the Mafia, drug dealers, child abusers, and terrorists - accused whose convictions are thought necessary at all costs - have eviscerated the Bill of Rights. Today not even multi-billionaires can fight off prosecutorial frame-ups.
      Americans believe that they are free until they encounter the "justice" system, at which time they learn that they are as helpless as medieval serfs.
      The "civil rights revolution" destroyed equality before the law. Today rights are race- and gender-based. We have resurrected the status-based rights of feudalism. The new privileges belong to "preferred minorities" rather than noble families.
     Neoconservative delusion that America has a monopoly on virtue and the right to impose American values on the world prevents a realistic look at the deplorable state of freedom in America today. It is a paradox that a country that has abandoned freedom and re-enserfed its population sees itself as role model for the world. January 28, 2004

Dr. Roberts is John M. Olin Fellow at the Institute for Political Economy, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He is a former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal and a former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury. He is the co-author of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. Copyright © 2004 Creators Syndicate

Famous Quotes

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[Landmark ruling by PN associate Nelson Waller's 4th great-grandfather, Chief Justice John Marshall.]

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