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On March 18, 2006 I attended the
prescreening of the Aaron Russo film, America: From Freedom to Fascism at the Arcada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. In the film, Russo,
neither a Democrat nor a Republican, suggests that we "Stop being a good
Democrat. Stop being a good Republican. Start being a good American." This
enlightening film is scheduled for release to the general public on July 4, 2006. [1] See the
trailer here.
Russo skillfully wrote, directed and appeared in this masterful film. This is a
must-see movie.
"The film is an exposé of the Internal Revenue Service, and proves
conclusively there is no law requiring an American citizen to pay a direct
unapportioned Tax on their labor." [2] The Income
Tax is Voluntary! [3] This film is
unlike anything that Russo has done previously. Although it is entertaining,
because of Russo's unique skills and personality, it is also highly educational
and absolutely deserved the two standing ovations that it received. Not only
did we see this marvelous, informative movie, Aaron Russo and Robert L. Schulz
from We the People Congress, a New York based organization, spoke before and
after the movie. We the People Congress have several goals as defined by their
mission statement. [4]
Russo began making his movie on the premise that the 16th Amendment was never
ratified by the required three fourths of the states. [5] An amendment
was necessary as the Supreme Court had already declared income tax
unconstitutional in 1895. Russo briefly touched on other important issues but
reminded the audience that this was just the first exposé film. If actually
ratified, this 1913 amendment would have given the federal government the right
to tax the income of all working Americans. Interestingly, "a heavy
progressive or graduated income tax" [6] is the
second goal of the "Ten Communist Commandments" found within the
ignoble Communist Manifesto - a lengthy document whose directives are
designed to completely socialize and enslave an entire populace.
Russo's wonderful film featured, among others, the following individuals: G.
Edward Griffin, Ron Paul, Michael Ruppert, Irwin Schiff, Joe Banister, John
Turner, Sherry Jackson Peel, Larkin Rose, Charlie Beale, Bob Schulz, Dave
Champion and Vernie Kuglin. Russo also interviewed a former IRS Commissioner in
an attempt to uncover the exact law that enables the government to confiscate
taxes from working Americans. He was adamant in his request: "just show me
the law that says a working citizen in the United States owes an income
tax." Russo interviewed several people on the street who we may readily
assume represent typical citizens. Most individuals believe that their income
taxes are used for such things as infrastructure, education, schools, etc. This
is, in fact, not the case.
Americans pay approximately fifty percent of their income in taxes if one
combines the numerous hidden taxes that are extracted during the course of our daily
lives. There are specific taxes that pay for infrastructure, education,
schools, etc. The unconstitutional income tax is used to pay the interest on
the national debt owed to the un-federal Federal Reserve, a cartel of privately
owned, never audited banks. In 1913 Congress abdicated their constitutional
responsibility to issue and regulate money by passing the treacherous Federal
Reserve Act originally proposed by Nelson Aldrich, the same individual who
suggested the 16th amendment. [7] This allowed
the privately owned Federal Reserve, a part of the international banking
cartel, to "have access to the public funds in the U.S. Treasury," [8] to take
control of our money supply and interest rates and thus our nation's economy.
"They may create and inflate money at will." [9]
"Income tax didn't soak the rich, it soaked the middle class. Because it
was a graduated tax, it tended to prevent anyone from rising into affluence.
Thus it acted to consolidate the wealth of the entrenched interests and protect
them from new competition." [10]
"The year 1913 was an ominous one - there now existed the means to
loan the government colossal sums (the Federal Reserve), and the means to exact
repayment (income tax). All that was needed was a good reason for Washington to borrow." [11]
"In 1914, World War 1 erupted on the European continent. America eventually
participated, and as a result her national debt soared from $1 billion to $25
billion." [12]
"Many historians would have us believe that this trio of events -
the income tax, the Federal Reserve, and the war - was a coincidence. But
too often history has been written by authors financed by foundations, in books
manufactured by Establishment publishing houses." [13]
Through war, the international bankers have been bleeding every nation of their
gold and resources while squandering the lives and spilling the blood of well
intentioned patriots and gullible, uninformed citizens. War is a racket [14]
and creates huge profits for those international bankers who typically finance
both sides.
Yet, anyone who dares question government military action is vilified. Either
individuals support preemptive, aggressive war or they are labeled unpatriotic
or un-American. Teachers have been suspended for their just skepticism prompted
by "good Republican" parents. Rather, it is unconscionably
un-American to put others in harms way for financial benefits for your friends
and family. None dare express cynicism of the administration's war mentality.
Acquiescence basically amounts to the social sanctioning of civilian mass
murder.
The politically-connected military industrial complex often supplies both
sides. American troops serving in Korea, Vietnam and elsewhere have often been killed or maimed by American-made
artillery. It is all about money - not about spreading democracy,
retribution, retaliation, national security, halting terrorism or communism or
any other trumped up reason. Covert military actions are often undertaken by
the CIA for the purpose of benefiting big business, prostituting a nation's
resources and exploiting the poor in third world countries.
When are Americans going to wake up and "Stop being good Democrats."
and "Stop being good Republicans." and "Start being good
Americans"? Mike Ruppert compared the two parties to two Mafia crime
families. Both families are heavily engaged in highly illegal activities for
which they are rarely prosecuted. They feign hatred for each other and have
highly publicized shootouts and then get back to their illegalities. At least
their shooting targets are each other and not the general citizenry. The
deliberate distraction of contentious partisan politics obliterates our
obligation to hold our elected government officials accountable to their oath
of office and to the Constitution, the supreme law of the land. Campaign
rhetoric and their subsequent congressional voting records bear little
resemblance to each other.
Unfortunately, the population typically votes according to their party loyalty
instead of asking what's good for America and also compatible with the Constitution. Because of election
irregularities and an elite, professional, well financed or well connected
Republican or Democrat political minority, a strict constitutionalist has an
impossible task getting elected. A prospective patriot must have substantial
private money, big business contributions which suggest political paybacks or
thousands of smaller contributions. One must also be able to attract a sizeable
group of dedicated volunteers and there must be an unbiased media friendliness
that extends beyond the two main parties.
The Constitution, although the supreme law of the land, and referred to as that
G-d piece of paper by President Bush, is being trashed by the majority of our
elected officials. In his remarks, Bob Schulz said: "Our founding
documents are to govern the government." Instead government, in the hands
of the egomaniacal elected, has manipulated, intimidated and brainwashed the
populace into regarding the government a
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