“The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and therefore never scrutinize or question.” — Stephen Jay Gould
“OCALA, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the actor Wesley Snipes to three years in prison for willfully failing to file tax returns.”
“Mr. Snipes, who was convicted in February, received one year for each count, to be served consecutively, and an additional year of probation. The sentence was handed down by Judge William Terrell Hodges of Federal District Court.”
The above is from an article in the New York Times.
When I heard of this verdict, I was saddened, but not surprised. Its just another example of how stupid or vengeful American jurors can be. Just how corrupt the Federal injustice system is.
Let me explain.
For someone to be found guilty of “willful failure” of anything, they must first be required to do something. Sound confusing?
Let’s use tax returns as an example. For Mr. Snipes to be guilty of willful failure to file, he first must be required by law to file a return. Most of you are probably saying to yourself: well, he is.
Before you jump to this erroneous conclusion, look at the facts.
When you file a tax return you are required to sign it at the bottom. Not only do you sign it, you must sign it under “penalty of perjury.” This is another way of saying you swear the facts are true and correct and this information can be used against you in a court of law.
Put another way, when you sign a tax return you are being a witness against yourself.
If any of you have heard of the Constitution for the United States of America, specifically Amendment 5, it states, quite clearly: “No person shall…; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
This is why they used to call the filing of a tax return – voluntary. But, how can anything be called voluntary if they will throw you in jail for not doing it? That’s called being compelled.
This, dear reader, is why we used to live in a free, prosperous, “REPUBLIC” and now live in a bankrupt totalitarian empire on the verge of collapse.
Welcome to the Brave New World.