Mr. Brown's War and the income tax rebellion

My wife and I discussed the situation brewing in Plainfield, N.H. where Ed and Elaine Brown are bunkered down for a standoff with the Federal Goverment over the issue of income tax evasion.

What say ye of their cause?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_DgSep-ns

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by Theophilus

My wife and I discussed the situation brewing in Plainfield, N.H. where Ed and Elaine Brown are bunkered down for a standoff with the Federal Goverment over the issue of income tax evasion.

What say ye of their cause?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7_DgSep-ns

[YT="Government VS Ed and Elaine Brown?"]t7_DgSep-ns[/YT]

Seventeen minutes and Fourteen seconds- what does it say?

[CC1]

I say he is a moron and deserves whatever happens to him.

Originally Posted by CC1

I say he is a moron and deserves whatever happens to him.

I'm still looking into some of this, but it doesn't seem very wise to me either.

Therefore, I pondered: "What do all of my astute friends at AFF think of this?"

Have we any sympathizers in the house?

Does anyone believe that he might be right about some of this?

And even if he is right about some of this, he seems to be going about it all wrong.

Anyone else following this story?

[ChTatum]

Not following this story, but I am opposed to the current income tax structure.

I do believe it is still listed as voluntary, but apparently that is just in theory.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by ChTatum

Not following this story, but I am opposed to the current income tax structure.

I do believe it is still listed as voluntary, but apparently that is just in theory.

Well, if you don't pay, you will be prosecuted for breaking laws that are not in the books

Originally Posted by ChTatum

Not following this story, but I am opposed to the current income tax structure.

I do believe it is still listed as voluntary, but apparently that is just in theory.

I told my wife that if the authorities come to your door with guns and say pay your taxes or else...a law exists called the law of the gun. Cheap price to avoid the alterative.

The Browns are citing God. I suppose that they are some sort of Christian.

I thought about writing the Browns and showing them what Jesus taught about paying taxes...maybe they would concede...you think?

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Theophilus

I told my wife that if the authorities come to your door with guns and say pay your taxes or else...a law exists called the law of the gun. Cheap price to avoid the alterative.

The Browns are citing God. I suppose that they are some sort of Christian.

I thought about writing the Browns and showing them what Jesus taught about paying taxes...maybe they would concede...you think?

Yup. "Render unto Caesar...."

Originally Posted by CC1

Yup. "Render unto Caesar...."

Exactly. I believe that Jesus would tell them to pay the tax.

"But it ain't fair!"

I think Jesus would tell them to get used to that.

[Steve Epley]

There was a large Baptist church at Indianapolis that would not take out taxes they had a royal battle finally the IRS siezed the building. I thought at the last minute someone would give but nope they carried the pastor out on stretcher. Took their property.