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From: alpert@chovax.DEC
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Subject: Re: Schiff
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Date: Thu, 23-Jan-86 13:52:30 EST
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> 
>Well, as a tax lawyer (albeit Canadian) I think I *will* jump all
>over you.   I would like to see more details before I am prepared to
>believe your assertions about "political prisoners" and "guilty of no
>crime other than...".
> 


The simple fact is that the majority of persons in the U.S. who
are convicted of "tax crimes" are political prisoners.  For example,
as Schiff points out, nowhere in our tax code is anyone "required"
to file "income" tax returns, nowhere is the language "mandatory"
or "required" used in connection with "income" tax returns, nor
is failing to file such returns specifically made a crime with
specific penalties.  In addition, our tax agency regularly breaks
all laws, from the Constitution to the tax code itself, in the normal
course of their business.  

The reason a jury could be persuaded to convict Schiff is quite simple,
it is the principle of the Big Lie at work, with a good dose of
fear of the IRS thrown in for good measure.  Justice in tax cases
is nearly unknown in the U.S., one is presumed guilty by the IRS until
proven innocent, the IRS has the courts in their pocket and uses
judges as hatchetmen, and they are certainly not above lying to a jury
in a court of law.  Possibly in Canada things are done differently,
but in the U.S. the IRS has nearly unlimited powers that go far beyond
their actual legal authority.

For more details, see my original Schiff postings, plus the books
by Schiff, "The Biggest Con" , "The Great Income Tax Hoax", and
"The Social Security Swindle".

			Bob Alpert
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