Chris Hedges' Civil Disobedience

[Kat Kanning]

Chris Hedges' Civil Disobedience
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Posted on Nov 21, 2007




The Truthdig columnist writes in The Nation that he will not pay his taxes if the United States attacks Iran. Like Henry David Thoreau before him, Hedges will not help finance an immoral war. "I realize this is a desperate and perhaps futile gesture," he writes. "But an attack on Iran—which appears increasingly likely before the coming presidential election—will unleash a regional conflict of catastrophic proportions."

Read Chris Hedges' Truthdig columns here.




The Nation:

I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. I realize this is a desperate and perhaps futile gesture. But an attack on Iran--which appears increasingly likely before the coming presidential election--will unleash a regional conflict of catastrophic proportions. This war, and especially Iranian retaliatory strikes on American targets, will be used to silence domestic dissent and abolish what is left of our civil liberties. It will solidify the slow-motion coup d'état that has been under way since the 9/11 attacks. It could mean the death of the Republic.

Let us hope sanity prevails. But sanity is a rare commodity in a White House that has twisted Trotsky's concept of permanent revolution into a policy of permanent war with nefarious aims--to intimidate and destroy all those classified as foreign opponents, to create permanent instability and fear and to strip citizens of their constitutional rights.

A war with Iran is doomed. It will be no more successful than the Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon in 2006, which failed to break Hezbollah and united most Lebanese behind that militant group. The Israeli bombing did not pacify 4 million Lebanese. What will happen when we begin to pound a country of 65 million people whose land mass is three times the size of France?

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[dalebert]

How do I give Chris karma?

[Kat Kanning]

Chris cartoon?

[firecracker joe]

now to get the rest of the sheeple to follow suit

[Moorlock]

Follow suit! Follow suit!

http://www.wartaxboycott.org/

[erisian]

That's right! You could be jailed for paying your federal taxes. Paying federal taxes is a violation of US Federal Law, and probably International Law as well. But how could this be true?

It could be true if the US Federal Government were an international terrorist organization. While the empirical evidence going back at least 60 years is clear enough, it comes down to this: Who is defined as an international terrorist under current US law?

Let's go directly to the applicable statute:

18USC §2331

§ 2331. Definitions
  Release date: 2005-08-03
  As used in this chapter—
(1) the term "international terrorism" means activities that— 
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; 
(B) appear to be intended— 
   (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; 
   (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or 
   (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and 
(C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum;...

Let's see, how does the Bush regime score under 18USC §2331?
(A) guilty
(B)
   (i) guilty
   (ii) guilty
   (iii) guilty
(C) guilty

They're batting 1000! Of course, all other US administrations in recent history have committed the same types of crimes, but now we have some new laws like this one to throw specifically at terrorists. Thanks for the Patriot Act, Dubya! Don't you think it's about time it got put to good use prosecuting some actual terrorists instead of tourists? Now all we need is an Attorney General and a Congress who will obey their oaths to uphold the law...

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So how is paying your taxes a violation of US Federal Law?
It is a violation because it constitutes providing material support to terrorists. We have already determined beyond any reasonable doubt that the US Federal Government is in fact a terrorist organization under US Federal Law.

What constitutes material support to terrorists under Federal Law?

TITLE 18  PART I  CHAPTER 113B  § 2339A
  § 2339A. Providing material support to terrorists
  Release date: 2005-08-03
   (a)  Offense.—  Whoever provides material support or resources or conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources, knowing or intending that they are to be used in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of section 32, 37, 81, 175, 229, 351, 831, 842 (m) or (n), 844 (f) or (i), 930 (c), 956, 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1366, 1751, 1992, 1993, 2155, 2156, 2280, 2281, 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2332f, or 2340A of this title, section 236 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2284), or section 46502 or 60123 (b) of title 49, or in preparation for, or in carrying out, the concealment of an escape from the commission of any such violation, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both, and, if the death of any person results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. A violation of this section may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial district in which the underlying offense was committed, or in any other Federal judicial district as provided by law.
(b)  Definition.—  In this section, the term "material support or resources" means currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets, except medicine or religious materials.
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Sections in above list violated by the Bush regime:


§ 175. Prohibitions with respect to biological weapons
  Release date§ 175. Prohibitions with respect to biological weapons: 2005-08-03
   (a)  In General.—  Whoever knowingly develops, produces, stockpiles, transfers, acquires, retains, or possesses any biological agent, toxin, or delivery system for use as a weapon...

I don't know about developing or producing, but there is no doubt that the US Federal Government has for decades, and continues to, stockpile, retain, and possess biological agents, toxins and delivery systems.

§ 956. Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country
  Release date: 2005-08-03
   (a)
(1) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, conspires with one or more other persons, regardless of where such other person or persons are located, to commit at any place outside the United States an act that would constitute the offense of murder, kidnapping, or maiming if committed in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States...

(b) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, conspires with one or more persons, regardless of where such other person or persons are located, to damage or destroy specific property situated within a foreign country and belonging to a foreign government or to any political subdivision thereof with which the United States is at peace, or any railroad, canal, bridge, airport, airfield, or other public utility, public conveyance, or public structure, or any religious, educational, or cultural property so situated, shall, if any of the conspirators commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States to effect any object of the conspiracy, be imprisoned not more than 25 years.

I would list all the offenses, but it would take a week. Extraordinary rendition, torture, war of aggression... And we were at peace with Iraq when Bush conspired to destroy it's civilian infrastructiure, as we are at peace with Iran today while Bush conspires to destroy it. Specifying offenses is the Attorney General's job, maybe he'll do it, but I strongly doubt it.


§ 2340A. Torture
  Release date: 2005-08-03
   (a)  Offense.—  Whoever outside the United States commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. 
(b)  Jurisdiction.—  There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if— 
(1) the alleged offender is a national of the United States; or 
(2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the victim or alleged offender. 
(c)  Conspiracy.—  A person who conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be subject to the same penalties (other than the penalty of death) as the penalties prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.

Not just commision of torture, but conspiracy to commit torture merits almost the same punishment. I don't see any reasonable doubt about that either. In fact, Bush, Rumsfeld, and pals are already guilty beyond any doubt under this statute by virtue of the responsibility going up the chain of command.
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Worth noting in all of the above sections which start with "Whoever"; there are no exceptions made for any government or military personnel.

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How about some war crimes just for fun?
This is the statute that Noam Chomsky was referring to when he said that Bush had made himself eligible for the death penalty, and given Bush's vigorous support of the death penalty while Governor of Texas, he hoped that Bush would take advantage of the opportunity, or words to that effect.

TITLE 18  PART I  CHAPTER 118  § 2441
  § 2441. War crimes
  Release date: 2005-08-03
   (a)  Offense.—  Whoever, whether inside or outside the United States, commits a war crime, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (b), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for life or any term of years, or both, and if death results to the victim, shall also be subject to the penalty of death. 
(b)  Circumstances.—  The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act). 
(c)  Definition.—  As used in this section the term "war crime" means any conduct— 
(1) defined as a grave breach in any of the international conventions signed at Geneva 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party; 
(2) prohibited by Article 23, 25, 27, or 28 of the Annex to the Hague Convention IV, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, signed 18 October 1907; 
(3) which constitutes a violation of common Article 3 of the international conventions signed at Geneva, 12 August 1949, or any protocol to such convention to which the United States is a party and which deals with non-international armed conflict; or 
(4) of a person who, in relation to an armed conflict and contrary to the provisions of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended at Geneva on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II as amended on 3 May 1996), when the United States is a party to such Protocol, willfully kills or causes serious injury to civilians.

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There's that "Whoever" again, and it is very clear in this context that no government or military personnel are meant to be exempted. It doesn't have a direct bearing on the tax issue, but it does indict BushCO even further.

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In summary:

1) The United States government under the Bush regime is an international terrorist organization as defined by 18USC § 2331, not to mention international law.

2) It is a federal crime, punishable by life in prison if deaths have resulted, to knowingly provide material support to terrorist organizations under 18USC § 2339A, and probably other statutes.

3) The United States government under the Bush regime has violated and continues to violate 18USC sections 175, 956, 2340A, and 2441.

Therefore, since you now know that your tax money will be used  "in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of" 18USC sections 175, 956, and 2340A, by paying federal taxes you are committing a violation of 18USC § 2339A, since you know that your money will be used to support an international terrorist organization. Deaths have resulted from the violations committed by the Bush regime. Therefore, by paying federal taxes, you are making yourself eligible for a sentence of life in federal prison. Better to stay safe from prosecution by refusing to support international terrorism and war crimes. There is no need to wait until they attack Iran, they have been terrorists and war criminals for years already.

[John Edward Mercier]

The target was always Iran... notice that US troops are surrounding the country. And it was never about the possible development of nuclear weapons or missiles... both can be purchased from North Korea by anyone with the means.

[buzzard]

It does NOT matter if everyone refuses to pay taxes. Don't you realize the freaking elitists can simply PRINT THEIR OWN FUCKING MONEY~!!!??

[John Edward Mercier]

They actually wouldn't print it, they borrow it. We're going into debt with entities like China to fight for control of crude oil pricing.

[Kat Kanning]

It does NOT matter if everyone refuses to pay taxes. Don't you realize the freaking elitists can simply PRINT THEIR OWN FUCKING MONEY~!!!??

What you say is true, except it feels really good to know "I didn't pay for that."  Plus you get to keep your money.

[erisian]

It does NOT matter if everyone refuses to pay taxes. Don't you realize the freaking elitists can simply PRINT THEIR OWN FUCKING MONEY~!!!??

There's another fundamental problem with a federal income tax boycott. It is based on the erroneous assumption that some or all of the income tax money goes to fund government programs, when in fact every cent goes straight into the pockets of the Federal Reserve bankers as interest on the federal debt.

[John Edward Mercier]

Federal debt eats up all the income tax?
And Treasury bond and note holders are all members of the Federal Reserve?

Wouldn't the real problem be that the majority of people don't control their actually paying of the tax...
they file to get a portion returned to them.

[Moorlock]

It's true: most Americans who file their income tax returns get a refund — over $2,000 each on average.  Some families even come to rely on this refund as though it were some sort of "year-end bonus" or forced savings plan.

But when you think about it, it's a sort of investment: you're taking part of your paycheck each month and investing it in the government — and you're getting a 0% return on your investment! It's an interest-free loan to Congress, and you don't even get a "Thank You" card!

As tax resisters, there's nothing more embarrassing than finding out in April that you have nothing to resist because the government owes you money!  But even people who aren't tax resisters ought to know that they can do better than an investment that's a guaranteed loser and that supports Pentagon priorities and political pork.

Spread the word that tax refunds are a sucker's game.  And make sure to adjust your own withholding so you don't end up with a refund come April.  The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee has a good guide on how to adjust your withholding, at the following page: http://www.nwtrcc.org/practical1.html

[elf]

Instead of adjusting the W4 with an employer, simply opt out of the "voluntary" system of compelled servitude. 
Your own parents signed a contract with US,Inc., selling you into slavery.   But who is going to pay the contract for life?  You, not your parents.
Contract law does not allow children to enter into such agreements, yet here you are, oblivious and complaint, playing and paying into their hands - for life.  Restore personal sovereignty.   

SOCIAL SECURITY ASSEVERATION OF COERCION
I, <<Your Name, of <<Address>>, <<City>>, <<State Zip>>, by my signature affixed to this document, do hereby make the following statement of fact, and affirm that I, as a "national" under 8 U.S.C. §1101(a)(21) but not a "citizen" under 8 U.S.C. §1401, in violation of multiple federal laws as enacted by the authority of the U.S. Congress, am coerced into maintaining and using a Social Security Number, issued to me as a minor, despite the limitation of rights to contract with minors, under the minor laws of the Fifty States, and thus was issued to me in a compulsory fashion, despite the limitation of statutory authority, subject to the Social Security Act, is plainly stated to be on aliens at the time of their lawful admission to the United States (42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2)(B)).
1.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law to maintain and possess a Social Security Number as I was never given an informed option as to whether or not I wanted to waive my rights to the full fruits of my labor as a national but not a citizen, and choose to be treated as an alien subject to the Social Security Act, when the application for a social security number to be assigned to me was submitted.
2.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as the vast majority of employers in the United States are enslaved to a legalistic mindset that every worker must have a social security number and must then be effectively treated as an alien who is subject to both the Social Security Act and the Federal income tax (both constitutional in every nature) as they are both imposed upon aliens living and working in the United States, not national but not a citizens such as myself. The government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security successfully assert this right.
3.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as the vast majority of Banking, Savings and Loan, and Mortgage institutions require the submission of a Social Security Number in order to have an account open with, or obtain a loan from, them, despite the remedy provided for national but not a citizens who have asserted their rights, as found in 31 CFR § 103.34, and the government recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security successfully assert this right.
4.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as the currency, reporting, and forfeiture laws impede me from doing any substantial business creating large financial transactions with any security in my property from the Asset Forfeiture Laws, without having a Bank account, and the government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security successfully assert this right.
5.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as many of the State governments have twisted their authorization to require the number, of number possessing applicants, for a driver's licenses, to become a requirement that the applicant have a number to provide, despite there being no federal law requiring a national but not a citizen to have a Social Security Number, and the government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number (as evidenced by the appeal of Martin v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1996)). Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security, nor security of my person being unlawfully and illegally incarcerated or detained successfully assert this right.
6.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as many of the State governments have twisted their authorization to require the number, for a number of purposes, from Registering a vehicle to carrying a concealed weapon, as a requirement that the applicant have a number to provide, despite there being no federal law requiring a national but not a citizen to have a Social Security Number, and the government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security, nor security of my property being unlawfully and illegally seized, successfully assert this right.
7.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as many State and Local governments have illegally instituted a requirement that one applying for a permit to exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms on their person, for protection of same, must provide a social security number, despite there being no federal law requiring a national but not a citizen to have a Social Security Number and the limitation of such authority under the Privacy Act of 1974 and 42 U.S.C. § 405(c)(2)(C), and the government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security, nor security of my person being unlawfully and illegally incarcerated or detained, successfully assert and exercise this right.
8.   I am under coercion by custom and color of law as many State governments have illegally instituted a requirement that one must provide their social security number when registering to vote, despite there being no federal law requiring a national but not a citizen to have a Social Security Number, and the government refuses at this time, in any Administrative or Judicial Procedure, to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. Therefore, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security successfully assert this right.
9.   I am under coercion by custom, as many Publicly regulated Utilities demand and require submission of a social security number before providing necessary services, in order for humans to legally and actually (in some locations operating in accordance with Local ordinances) occupy housing, and the government refuses at this time to recognize the rights of national but not a citizens to not be assigned such a number. In any Judicial Procedure, I cannot easily and with any degree of economic comfort and security successfully assert this right, despite the fact that the use of the Social Security Number for credit checks are superfluous and an unnecessary security risk as such reports can be obtained and verified from using current as well as previous addresses.
This lawless custom, is an abomination of many laws enacted by the U.S. Congress, and is only maintained by the diligent work of the Executive Branch Agencies' and Administrative Law Judge's, and the Judicial Branch's refusals to give any credence to the assertions of national but not a citizens in any venue. The Laws and Agencies created, by the power of the Congress, to resolve such problems, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, have completely abrogated their responsibility to protect the most important class of protected individuals under the law, national but not a citizens.
Subsequently, I and other national but not a citizens have no hope of having our rights as national but not a citizens considered under the letter of the laws enacted by the U.S. Congress, in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States, until the time that the People's Congress either takes up the cause of the rights of national but not a citizens to be free and not treated as aliens, or the Executive Branch issues information releases regarding the veracity of the claims of national but not a citizens not being statutorily subject to the Social Security Act, and are not to be treated as aliens, subject to that act, nor the number provision requirement of the W4 Form so plainly imposed only upon aliens, therefore making national but not a citizens, living and working in the Fifty States, economically FREE.
Until then, all of those who are legally within this Nation (assigned social security numbers) will be treated as criminals, tracked and monitored by computers and programs, and as aliens subject to taxes created by international treaty, or imposed by statute upon same in keeping with the original taxation and government funding scheme of the U.S. Constitution.
Therefore, my right to be treated as a national but not a citizen, and not an alien, despite multiple remedies at law, is consistently withheld from me by either:
A). Ignorance and fear (in the private sector) of remedy at law within the statutes enacted by the Congress, or,
B). The de facto instructions of the Internal Revenue Service ignoring the assertions of the rights of Citizen of the United States and the remedies at law; or;
C.) The refusal of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to protect national but not a citizens as statutorily required, by ignoring the remedies at law, despite the fact that national but not a citizens are protected individuals under the laws they are to enforce;
Therefore, my right as a national but not a citizen to economical freedom, to be personally achievable, is in reality Judicially unenforceable, yet still protected by the Bill of Rights, and the words and letters of the Statutes and the Regulations agreed to by the Congress of the United States of America.
This is the coercion which I am experiencing regarding my rights and forces me to be treated as an alien who:
i). Is subject to the Social Security Act;
ii). Earns "wages" as defined under the Social Security Act and §3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;
iii). Is subject to the withholding rate of 'single:zero exemptions' pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 3401(e), should I refuse to submit a W-4 form, or submit a form without a social security number on it; and;
iv). Can be required to submit a completed W-9 form to any payor and backup withheld at the rate of 31% if I refuse, despite my never living abroad to be paid "wages" as defined under § 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, .
Should I fully resist this coercion I will be placing myself in a position where I will not be able to obtain work with any reasonable ease, to sustain my life as well as the life of my dependent(s), renew my driver's license, automobile registration, open a Bank account, obtain Public Service Utilities should I be forced to move, and many other things which are not just conveniences, but are necessities for living in this modern society.
I have no remedy in legally extricating myself from Social Security within the Courts as the State Courts refuse to give any regard to the rights of national but not a citizens, despite my being registered into the Act as a minor and not being informed of the rights that were being surrendered for me, and the Federal Courts refuse to give heed to any arguments made by those who seek to extricate themselves from the Social Security Act, which was statutorily imposed upon aliens living and working in the United States.
I resent the Social Security Administration, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Treasury Secretary for refusing to release me from under the Social Security Act, despite the fact that assignment of the number to me under the Act occurred when I was a minor and the legal doctrine of Ignoratia juris sui non præjudicat juri states that my rights are secure, since I was ignorant of my rights as a minor. Therefore, my unknowing registration and waiver of my rights as a minor cannot legally prejudice my rights as an adult national but not a citizen, specifically my right to not be treated as an alien and to keep 100% of my remuneration.
Facing such broad resistance throughout our modern society, which takes no heed of our laws, I set forth my signature to this Asseveration of Coercion, and reserve my rights as a national but not a citizen, without prejudice, in regard to every action I may be forced to take under Federal and State law, whereby the government or any of its agents pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, demand, insist, or require that I provide a social security number in order for me to function in this Society.
I proceed from this day forth with an understanding that by custom of this land, that my vote is of no consequence in regards to law, politics, or self-governance of this Nation, as the U.S. Congress has refused to see and take action regarding the Executive and Judicial usurpation of its ultimate authority as the law making body, its responsibility as the protector of rights of the minority of the People, and the preservers of a Free, Honest, Peaceful and Just Society.
Since my vote is not of any consequence, I proceed from this day forth with an understanding that by custom of this land, supported by the standard practice of the Executive and Judicial Branches of government rendering many laws and portions of laws to be superfluous (especially the laws containing the remedies of law protecting the rights of the People), all of the laws as enacted by the U.S. Congress, are of no actual consequence or legal effect and all prosecutions are selective, as:
a). The Executive is unchecked in its abuse of power under the law, as it has clearly demonstrated an ability to imprison or demonize anyone by way of a barrage of litigation;
b). The Executive proceeds to eliminate the threat of those who would stand for their rights and their arguments for imposition of the laws as enacted by the Congress by way of forfeiture so that the Judicial process is unaffordable; and;
c). The Judicial Branch is either embroiled in its own power grab through Judicial Legislation; or; Individual Judges of independent mind stand alone to be intimidated by the Executive abusers of the People who the Congress has failed to impeach.
It is plain to see, at this point in time in our history, that self-governance by way of a Republic, where the rights of each sovereign human being are held above the so-called rights of the government [which is the invention and servant to said human beings] is a concept to be relegated to history, as the Executive Branch is ultimately in control with the unchecked power of the guns and the prisons to arrest and imprison Legislator and Jurist alike, and the People's Congress has no power to stop the Executive as the Congress has too long accepted the usurpation of its authority to the point where it, and the Officials within its offices, are politically irrelevant to the disposition of the Society as a whole.
I await the day that the Congress makes use of its rightful authority, takes back its responsibilities, and Justice is attainable in this land, and at least the minority of those national but not a citizens who do not desire to be treated as aliens to the United States, in accordance with this lawless custom and color of law, are released from its grip, when they properly assert their rights. Until then, GOD have mercy on this People.
I now affix my signature to these statements and assever under penalty of perjury that the above is true, correct, and complete, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
________________________________
<<Your Name>>
All rights reserved, UCC 1-207
The foregoing was subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public of the State of _____________, County of ______________ this _______ day of.________________, 19 __
_____________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires On: ________________


I found a website pertaining to restoring personal sovereignty.  The US Code of Federal Regulations show the voluntary nature of Social Security and income tax.  The website outlines the steps to rescind your application and participation.  It works.  Also, see the eye-opening section on government contracts, franchises, and licenses, freedom to travel,  property rights, the differences between natural law and admiralty law, and the hated income tax.   

www.sedm.org

Kudos to Chris Hedges    

[John Edward Mercier]

And you present this to whom?