Main thread for Ed and Elaine Brown vs the evil IRS

[9thmoon]

I wish I was going to be here for this.  These people deserve support.  This is scary stuff.

[ravelkinbow]

How many of us resemble them...think about it.

[Lex Berezhny]

I hope they win! 

[Atlas]

In regards to this case, is there anyway to retaliate against a bad precedent setting decision. How do judges get into office in NH? Not federali judges, but locals.

[KBCraig]

In regards to this case, is there anyway to retaliate against a bad precedent setting decision. How do judges get into office in NH? Not federali judges, but locals.

Since this is an income tax case, it will be in federal court.

[PowerPenguin]

Many states have income taxes too though. My native CA is one (bastards...).

[Pat McCotter]

http://www.wmur.com/news/9269615/detail.html

Plainfield Couple Accused Of Not Paying Taxes
Officials Say Couple Owes Nearly $1 Million

POSTED: 5:41 pm EDT May 24, 2006

CONCORD, N.H. -- A husband and wife from Plainfield, N.H., are facing federal charges, accused of not paying their taxes for at least 10 years.

[DadaOrwell]

I think Ed saw this coming a long time ago; their office or their home was raided a year or so ago as I recall with Fed snipers posted on a nearby hilltop apparently.

When I asked him what we could do to help "next time," he suggested a lot of us showing up in court well dressed and well behaved to support him.  He is usually wearing a tie whenever I see him.

He didn't seem to have much use for street protest.

[DadaOrwell]

I called WMUR around Friday to complain about the possible factual error in the story that aired wed. or thu.   The reporter said something to the effect of "having guns and a fortress isn't illegal, but not paying taxes is."   I aksed to speak to the reporter to let him know that this is arguably a factual error unless he or some Federal can show us the law.

Can anyone tell me who the reporter was?

[DadaOrwell]

Plainfield PD was complicit in this; I will try to call them express polite regret about that.

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Plainfield Police
Town Hall Police Office phone number: (603) 469-3344
Police Department e-mail: plainfieldpd@adelphia.net

Police Chief:
Gordon A. Gillens, Chief of Police
Gordon started his Law Enforcement career in 1971 with the Windsor Police Department,
leaving that department in 1985 to become the Chief of Plainfield. Over the last
21 + years as the Chief of the Department has seen a continued growth in the community
yet he has maintained the department with strong fiscal responsibility. He continues
his proactive approach to Community Policing with a strong emphasis on the youth
in the community.

[Russell Kanning]

Yea .... that must be a nice feeling knowing your local cops are doing work for the feds.

[Incrementalist]

Any good LTEs in defense of the Browns?

[John]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

http://www.soulawakenings.com/underground/tikiwiki/tiki-browse_image.php?offset=0&sort_mode=created_desc&desp=3&galleryId=21&imageId=551

[DadaOrwell]

Here's my first lte on this.

Plainfield family refused to bankroll torture

Dear folks at the Free Press:

I wanted to touch base regarding the two New Hampshire tax protesters arrested in
late May - Elaine and Ed Brown of Plainfield.  The Feds took them into custody around
May 24 for openly refusing to pay the Federal income tax.

I don't know them that well, but if their recent actions are any indication, they
are better people than most.  For the last 10 years they have openheartedly refused
to fund torture, welfare and IRS witch hunts.  They have refused to send their perfectly
good money to the perfectly harmful "Internal Robbery Squadron."  Heck,
they even wrote *letters* to the agents explaining what they were doing (civil disobedience)
and why.   During that time 60% of us have tamely allowed the Feds to take our our
money and use it for increasingly sinister purposes.

It's disturbing to see that (according to the Concord Monitor) our state police
have cooperated with Federal officials in their persecution of the Browns.  There
are, presumably, legitimate and even heroic things our troopers do, but - if they
are really acting as Federal lackeys on this - it's a disgrace.  Apparently the
people who run the state police think of themselves as government officials first,
New Hampshire citizens second.  Plainfield and Lebanon cops apparently were complicit
as well if the Monitor article is correct.

I look forward to the day when local and state officials refuse to assist the Feds
in such activity.  And I pray Ed and Elaine Brown will prevail against those powerful
and dangerous forces whose primary loyalty is to Washington.   Their trial is on July 18; they could use your support - find out the latest news about them and ways you can help their cause by visiting the forums at NHfree.com.

I hope
the Feds do not make any kind of net profit on this endeavor.   We've all seen what
they do with the money they get:  On a good day they waste it; on a bad day they
torture with it.  And all the days in between they try to force you, me and the
Browns be a part of the problem.   

[FreeKeene.com's Ian]

Nice.