From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hplabsb!soreff
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.taxes
Title: Re: payment under duress (cca.4549 followup)
Article-I.D.: hplabsb.1514
Posted: Mon Apr  4 11:03:22 1983
Received: Tue Apr  5 07:09:53 1983
References: allegra.1146

In response to Peter Honeyman's note on the definition of duress as an
*illegal* use of force:  If a taxpayer residing in a nation which is
(ooops, restart)
If a taxpayer resides in a nation which is starting an agressive war,
then that nation is in violation of international law, so such sactions
(omit last word)
actions as the nation takes to pursue its military adventure are probably
illegal, including whatever coercion it applies to force taxpayers to
finance it military.  Thus, from the point of view of international law,
the taxpayer may well be acting under duress.
		-Jeffrey Soreff (hplabs!phlabsb!soreff)