Article 8

ARTICLE 8.

 

INCOME TAX AND THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT[1]

 

A.  BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

WHEREAS, from November 11^th to the 22^nd of 2009, the Continental Congress convened pursuant to the People’s formal “Petition for Redress of Grievances Relating to the Federal Income Tax”, and the long train of abuses and usurpations relating to the federal income tax.  After a comprehensive, exhaustive, and lengthy deliberation of the current and historical facts and law, the Delegates find:

 

1.   That our servant federal government has failed to directly respond to the People’s Petition, and in fact, has indirectly 
 responded with threats, intimidation, and repeated harm;

 

2.   That the Sixteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution definitively and conclusively failed to be properly and
 legally ratified, thus, rendering it void, ab initio;

 

3.   That the income tax as currently applied is definitively and conclusively an unconstitutional, direct un-apportioned tax on
 labor, “the most sacred and inviolable” property of the citizens of the United States (see Butcher’s Union Co. v.
 Crescent City Co., 111 U.S. 746, 757);

 

4.   That the institutionalized withholding from the paychecks and earnings of the citizens is definitively and conclusively
 unconstitutional.

 

 

B. REMEDIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CONGRESS

 

NOW THEREFORE, without delay, the Congress of the United States is hereby instructed to:

 

1.    Immediately conduct a review of the facts surrounding its ratification, and recognize that the Sixteenth Amendment is

  void;

 

2.    Immediately cease the enforcement and collection of the direct un-apportioned income tax on the labor of the citizens
  of the United States;

 

3.   Immediately cease the imposition, enforcement, and collection of withholding of earnings from the paychecks of the 
 citizens of the United States;

 

4.   Immediately release and fully restore all citizens wrongfully imprisoned as a result of the unconstitutional application of
 the income tax.
 

 

C.  REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION TO EACH OF THE SEVERAL STATES

 

THEREFORE, each of the several States shall:

 

1.      Repeal any and all State income tax laws to the extent that they are rooted in or based upon the unconstitutional
 operation and enforcement of the federal revenue laws;

 

2.   Preserve, protect, and defend the liberty and property of its citizens against unconstitutional seizures by the federal
 government, pertaining to the unlawful collection of income taxes;

 

3.   Cease the unconstitutional imposition and collection of the State income tax upon the unalienable right of its citizen’s
 labor. To wit:

 

“It has been well said that 'the property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder his employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.” (See Butchers’ Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U.S. 746, 757).                                                                                 

 

“Compensation for labor can not be regarded as profit, within the meaning of the law. The word “profit”, as ordinarily used, means the gain made upon any business or investment - a different thing altogether from mere compensation for labor.” (See Commercial League Association of America v. The People, ex rel., 90 Ill. 166, 173).

      

 

D.  RECOMMENDED CIVIC ACTIONS BY THE PEOPLE

 

WHEREAS, from  11 November until 22 November 2009, the Continental Congress convened pursuant to the people’s formal “Petition for Redress of Grievances relating to the Federal Income Tax”, and the long train of abuses and usurpations relating to the aforementioned tax;

 

WHEREAS, tyranny, by means of taxation is one of the most oppressive aspects of government and must be guarded against to protect man’s unalienable rights; 

 

WHEREAS, all government activity that provides funding for un-constitutional programs is to be considered tyrannical in nature and should be condemned by the people as a whole;

 

WHEREAS, after a comprehensive, exhaustive and lengthy deliberation of historical facts and law, Continental Congress 2009 finds:

 

a.       That our servant federal government has failed to directly respond to the People’s Petition, and  in fact, has indirectly
  responded with threats, intimidation, and repeated harm;

 

b.      That the 16^th Amendment to the United States  Constitution definitively and conclusively failed to be properly and
  legally ratified, thus rendering it void;

 

c.       That the income tax as currently applied is definitively and conclusively an unconstitutional, direct un-apportioned tax
  on labor, the “most sacred and inviolable” property of the Citizens of the United States;

 

d.      That the institutionalized withholding from the paychecks and earnings of the citizens is definitively and conclusively
  unconstitutional.

 

THEREFORE, We the Delegates of Continental Congress recommend the People:

 

1.      Study and understand the research done by Bill Benson in his book, “The Law that Never Was,” and once they have a
  firm understanding of the argument, they are encouraged to educate their family, friends and fellow Americans about the
  truth behind the 16th Amendment;

2.      Contact their local county government, (including the sheriff) and demand cooperation in enforcement of State and
  federal laws, prohibiting the illegal filing of notices of federal tax liens and the filing of a federal tax lien or levy without
  proper federal court orders attached; it is the duty of the sheriff to protect the citizens of the county from rogue federal
  agents acting under a color of law;

3.      Put their banks and employers on notice that federal income tax levies should not be honored without a federal court
  order attached and without an affidavit from the sheriff that the levy is legal and proper;

4.    Prepare to replace any sheriff or county or State government officials at the next election or sooner, through
  impeachment or recall, who refuse to cooperate and honor their Oath of Office to protect and defend the federal and
  State Constitutions and the People;

5.      Be prepared to withhold their income tax from the government once the above steps of self-defense are in place.

6.      Furthermore, without delay, the public is advised to contact their county sheriff,  State and federal representatives and
  Senators demanding the unconstitutional taxation and withholding of earnings be stopped immediately.

 

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