The Flat Tax Versus The Buxom IRS ...Give It Some Time

Another unpublished old draft from 2009, I just laughed at, and decided needed to be let loose....

So I was a kid in high school and we'd spend time in 'PE' - the short title for my less than favorite class of 'Physical Education'. We were big on short titles. Three letters for three words. We even had three of those three letter TV networks that were short for really long names back then. We used to give people short nick names too like 'PJ' or 'CT' and so on.

So when we were waiting for our turn to play tennis at our PE class, we had to wait for the girls to finish playing first. We were gathered outside the back fence at the court watching skinny Maxine playing buxom Bobbi. Now we happened to be at the same end of the court as buxom Bobbi who happened to have a penchant for low cut V Necks, and as a bunch of teenage boys, we decided we were missing all of the real action while only watching the back of Bobbi, and the front of flat Maxi while Maxi was earning all the points, so we had to move around the side to the end of the net at center court where we could see all the action.

Well its more than 30 years later, and everyone's world has changed. We've all gained a little weight and those girls have had a few offspring, and I have noticed a thing or two about the effects of time on beauty. Given what I know today, I'd have been a lot more enamored with Miss Max if I knew then what I know now.

Whenever I hear reference to a 'Flat Tax' these days, I don't think the word 'flat' has much appeal, until I begin to think about our bountiful IRS - the buxom IRS - that beautiful and benevolent IRS, and those bevy of beautiful benefits that are busting out of it's V Neck, except that with time - our buxom IRS has become a typical civil service 'babe' with a really wide chair, a turtle neck sweater, and all of the bevy has fallen 1-2 feet lower into the bulging belly and butt of a really gross bulbous bag of bad attitude - bitchin' at the world about everything including their job. God alone knows what shes sitting on, but whatever it is - it isn't going to live.

Now in that same period that flat Max has had children which in turn filled her out beautifully, and she has gone on to become the belle of the ball in every way.

The moral of the story is - it may take a few years to really appreciate the well rounded benefits of a flat tax, but I already prefer it to the bulging behemoth that has become the IRS.

Maybe Neal Boortz and John Lander were right to call their proposal the 'Fair Tax'. She may not have a tan yet, but I think I'd prefer the results when the sun sets.

Criminal Bureaucrats - The New Solution To America's Cash Flow Problems

In the absence of morality - the new standard for US Government everything (after all - we are no longer a Christian nation....) now includes taking whatever steps the government employee deems appropriate and/or necessary, to collect money on behalf of the cash starved IRS and each of its State equivalents.

The effect of a cheating bureaucrat attempting to "steal" money from citizens is the equivalent of a mafioso shakedown. Add to this the police powers to not only intimidate, but to actually take tax returns, seize bank accounts, and amend credit reports and Social Security records with false information, and the only conclusion one can come to is that the criminals are now the bureaucrats.

Some of you assume I have given leave of my senses, and are left scratching your head about what I am talking about. So let me back up these radical thoughts by defining my thinking with 3 TRUE stories that have surfaced in the last 6 months.

True Story # 1

The first relates to a woman I worked with in a consulting role earlier this year who has been divorced for more than 20 years from a man who fraudulently collected Social Security benefits back in the early '80's. While this woman denies any responsibility in the matter ever, she accepted responsibility for the period she remained with him because the Social Security Administration told her that she was responsible - despite her objections. For many years she made monthly payments to the SSA to keep the government off her back, and had paid off all of it in early 2007 except a small amount (less than $ 700.00) for which she has the last statement they sent her. She continued to pay $ 50.00 per month for more than another year until she had completed her final payments. All good for America so far? So what do you do when she files her taxes for 2009, and the Federal Government takes all of her refund of more than $ 4,000. and tells her it is to pay for this account, and that she still owes another $ 7,000.00??? Then when I help her repeatedly file for an account review, the SSA loses the first two applications, and then after a 3rd request, they tell her she needs to file an application for a review of her account.

I have now helped her ensure that she will not have a refund for 2010.

True Story # 2

My wife and I file our taxes for 2009, and while I don't pay taxes - and likely never will again (due to self employment - and a strong yearning to withhold alcohol from drunks) my wife has earned a reasonable wage, and after many deductions (including me) calculations made it clear that she was entitled to a substantial refund. While the IRS initially paid up, and then later disputed due to their review, the State of South Carolina took the irresponsible position of deducting almost all of her refund to pay water bills related to properties I had released to bank foreclosures earlier.

The State of South Carolina does not sell water, and they do not have the charter to collect water bill accounts on behalf of counties, any more than I have the right to collect repair bills on behalf of my friends from taxes owed to the State. But apparently this logical argument - that is made even more serious by the States overbearing policing powers - appears to be lost on these criminal bureaucrats.

My wife was shorted more than $ 800. until I personally took on the responsibility for reimbursing from funds otherwise designated as State taxes. Let there be no doubt - just because these arrogant overbearing fools presume that they are serving the public good, they have violated the moral freedom upon which America was founded.

She will also not have a refund for 2010.

True Story # 3

Related to the same aforementioned (failed) business that I was previously responsible for establishing and managing, (which was wound down in late 2007) I recently received a letter from the same american state government demanding that I contact their revenue office to address the tax arrears that they were about to hang on me personally by attaching a lien to my Social Security #.

While I was initially angry, I left a message after hours on the answering machine of the phone number provided demanding that unless further information was provided to explain their calculations, I was throwing out their letter and treating it as if it had never been sent. I did not leave a phone number, or any other information except my name, but nonetheless I received a call the following morning from the letter author explaining tauntingly that she had received my message. She began by asking how I was, and I replied "I'm pissed". She went on to explain that if I didn't make arrangements to pay "the $ 11,000+ balance" immediately, she would be adding a tax lien to my social security #. I explained that I owed nothing, and that she had best not take this action without providing a complete breakdown of the State's calculations, or as I promised there would be "ramifications".

While I was still explaining my position, this arrogant buffoon interrupted me and started making light of my comments - at which point I screamed in the phone for her to "shut up". Immediate silence, and then an incredulous response: "Did you just tell me to shut up??" "Yes I did - just shut the hell up and listen without interrup-" "That's it, I am ending this call immediately" Click.

So of course I called back, and left her a message: "Good now you're pissed too. Now let me explain in a format where I will not be interrupted. I owe nothing. If you want me to respond professionally, you need to send me a complete breakdown of your calculations, but that I had better not find out the next information on my credit report, or I promise again that there will be "ramifications".

Today I received the State's idea of information in the mail. Apparently I hadn't reported any payroll taxes since the end of 2007, so the State had generously calculated an estimated tax bill on my behalf for the last 3 years.

Whatever happened to the American ideal of justice - "innocent until proven guilty"?
Is this the governments new approach? The mafioso shakedown? The new KGB dragging you into dark rooms to question us under a single dim light bulb? Or maybe we'll just jump to conclusions and file your "assumed" debts on your Social Security # until you prove your innocence???

These stories are all true, and they make clear to me that the American government is out of control at EVERY level. But criminal bureaucrats are not elected, and I doubt their elected bosses even have a clue about whats going on. So what do you suggest??

I have now counselled many on how to ensure that they have no refund for 2010, or ever again!

I would instead suggest that we the people start electing politicians committed to RADICALLY cutting government spending to starve these people out.

I would suggest that you pay your taxes (if you will) into escrow accounts, or into places you are confident are secure, to legally agree to your obligations while denying these governments the benefits of your money.

But in this electronic age, the last place I would want to be trusting my personal resources to are anywhere that these 'criminal bureaucrats' can have access to.

You make your choices. Mine are to challenge everything these people do at every level, until we restore a responsible governance at every level of America including eliminating 'criminal bureaucrats'.

Are You A Part Of The Problem, Or A Part Of The Solution

I have spent a considerable amount of time reading about 'The Great Upheaval' of the late 1700's - a book by Jay Winik that describes in story-like detail the events of the American Revolution, The French Revolution and the European and Russian responses to these radical times and places in history.

In the relative comfort of America since the second world war period, we have forgotten what it takes to truly make a sacrifice and/or take a personal risk for important ideals, ideas, and priorities, and we can barely grasp the concept of civil disobedience for principle.

This evening, I watched on Fox News as they listened to the horrified frustration of victims whose losses by the Bernie Madoff scandal cost them their life fortunes. They sound like their the only people who lost money. I listened to the victims making excuses as to how they should be made right by the courts, the government, or even other ripped off investors.

Hey folks suck it up like the rest of America has. As we have all lost money watching our home equity disappearing, and our stock and other investment values have evaporated. Like you're the only ones that got screwed?

Look folks - it's as simple as this. If you are funding government with paying your taxes, you're enabling these fools - like serving alcohol to an alcoholic. If you don't agree our government is representing you and taxing accordingly (and spending according to the taxes collected), it is time to take a stand, and refuse to participate. If you are paying your taxes, you're a part of the problem. You are certainly NOT a part of the solution!

If you stop participating as I have, you take the responsibility for your actions. In discussing my position with my sister, she shockingly asks, "But aren't you afraid of the IRS putting you in jail"?

Well, I do expect civil disobedience to be challenged, and I expect people to disagree with me, but frankly, I can prove in a court of law - or more importantly in the court of public opinion that the Government is not representing me, taxing me appropriately, or spending responsibly. This is the only contract I have with the government of America regarding taxation, and as such, they have broken the contract. I am therefore relieved of my responsibility to pay my taxes.

But far more importantly is the fact that if I did pay my taxes, I would simply be enabling the problem to grow further - the same things I accuse our legislators of failing to do - stand for the responsible position - regardless of the consequences, and how people think of me.

You see, the way I see it, when I lost over $ 2 Million of net worth over the last two years, I determined to look into why this happened. I have determined that the problem was that the federal governments of the last two decades - both Republicans and Democrats - tookunsound and highly irresponsible positions with regards to lending practices, and Wall Street securities oversight, leading to a complete collapse of what is rippling out to be a worldwide economic disaster.

The 535 people of congress - best described in style and character by the "TheGuyFromBoston" (beware of very rough language!) are the responsible parties in terms of my losses. And until I have recovered the losses they have cost me, they owe me. I don't owe them. But even if I did owe them, I would have a hard time enabling their actions by funding them when they no longer tax me with "taxation by representation".

These are the jerks that have the nerve to give your public money to banks by the trillions of dollars, then ignore Detroit until they presume their own management skill superior to the experienced leadership of Geoffrey Waggoner, and the rest of the GM Board (as well as Chrysler's) that were left to clean up a mess created by Con-gress (the opposite of Pro-gress) in the first place.

I for one disagree. Con-gress can't manage a post office, or their own public responsibility let alone banks, auto companies, or justice. Any that have followed my (radical) writings already know how I feel about the inability and incompetence of the publicly funded courts, and their deputies. Frankly, it looks at lot like the late 1700's again, and frankly the world - and America - are ripe for revolution again as we once again are forced to overthrow the monarchs.

So unless you are enjoying your 'bread and circuses', decide what it is that you truly believe and decide on the stand you are going to take to undermine this fool's paradise.

I for one will not fund this stupidity. So look for me, and those (few) who agree with me - in a jail or in a headline near you. And if you decide I am not completely crazy, drop me a note and tell me so.