Congress Begins to Respond: Early Returns Deserve Censure

Congress Begins to Respond:

Early Returns Deserve Censure.

What Must a Free People Do?
Plan For a "Summer of Discontent"

The Peoples' 535 representatives in Washington DC have begun to respond to the constituent demand letters they received last week in conjunction with the hand delivery of the Truth-in-Taxation Hearing record to every member of Congress.

Their responses form an obnoxious and objectionable pattern:

Staff members, rather than representatives, are responding
Staff members are not showing the letters to congressmen
The replies are non-responsive and plainly insulting
Stock "off-the-shelf" replies have nothing to do with our charges
A giant "brush off" by Congress is in the making

We again ask: What must a free people do when faced with a government that will not respond to a proper petition for a redress of grievances? What must a free People do with a government that will not answer to the Peoples’ charges of unlawful behavior? What must a free People do with the representatives of a Republic that respond to constituents with inane and irrelevant responses?

Are the People not justified in taking stronger action?

Do the People, as our nation’s history has shown, have a moral duty to take stronger action?

Do the People need a bold plan for a militant, non-violent, mass-movement retort?

Do the People need to initiate a "summer of discontent?"

No matter what the People may do after June 1st, it is important that they continue to RESPECTFULLY request their elected representatives to respond to our petition for a redress of grievances by addressing the evidence of the Citizens’ Truth-In-Taxation Hearing.

This Foundation is currently developing a comprehensive education and public awareness plan to ensure that the Peoples’ voice will be heeded on this issue. Make no mistake, this is a constitutional crisis. As they have in the past, the People will preserve their rights.

Until this plan is publicly released, everyone is urged to send a POST CARD every MONDAY between now and June 1st, to all three of their congressmen, RESPECTFULLY urging the congressmen to respond to the letters they received on April 15th, regarding the income tax. As an example, post cards can simply read:

Your Name
Address
City, State, Zip

Place
Stamp
Here

Dear Congressman _________,

I ask humbly and earnestly that you tell me what you are going to do in response to the record of the Citizens' Truth-In-Taxation Hearing, which was delivered to your office on April 15, 2002.

Respectfully yours, ________.

Congressman's Name
Address
City, State, Zip

Everyone is also urged to fax and telephone a similar message to their congressmen each week. To easily obtain the address, fax and phone numbers of congressmen, click here and then enter the zip code.

Some of the responses being received from congressmen are discussed here:

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Representative John Sweeney’s office "responded" to Sweeney’s constituent Bob Schulz. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Schulz did not write about the amount of taxation, Sweeney’s letter to Schulz begins with the sentence, "I agree that the tax burden on Americans is too heavy," and goes on to summarize Sweeney’s support of his political party’s attempt to get tax cutting legislation passed.

Sweeny’s "response" was totally ignorant of the content of the Schulz’ letter. In "responding" to Schulz, Sweeney’s office refused to take notice of, or acknowledge, the issue raised in the letter -- the overwhelming evidence of the fraudulent jurisdiction of the IRS and the illegal operation of the income tax system, and the demand that Congress address the problem. Click here to view a copy of Schulz’s letter to Sweeney and Sweeney’s reply. (432 KB .pdf)

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Representative David Price’s office "responded" to Price’s constituents Mr. and Mrs. Steve Coerper. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Coerper asked Price to address the evidence of a whole host of constitutional and statutory infirmities regarding the income tax system, including the evidence that the 16th Amendment did not come close to being ratified by 3/4ths of the state legislatures as the constitution required, Price merely wrote, "The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified on February 3, 1913, clearly establishes the constitutional authority of Congress to tax income."

Click here to view a copy of the correspondence between the Coerpers and Rep. Price. (526 KB .pdf)

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Senator Boxer’s office "responded" to Boxer’s constituent Godfrey Lehman, by summarily rejecting Mr. Lehman’s concerns and by joining the chorus of congressman who use the regularly recurring phrase, "The Sixteenth Amendment grants Congress the power to make laws requiring all individuals to pay income taxes, the courts have upheld those laws, go to the IRS’ web site for more information." Click here to view a copy of Boxer’s letter to Lehman. (174 KB .pdf)

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Citizen Tony Malone from Monroe, Louisiana called the office of his Representative, John Cooksey, to ask if a response to what was delivered on April 15th would be forthcoming soon. Cooksey’s aide, Tim McIlveeny, told citizen Malone that he could not find the record of the Citizens’ Truth-In-Taxation Hearing anywhere in the office. NOTE: The Foundation has mailed Rep. Cooksey a second copy of the hearing record. Click here (118 KB .pdf)

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This Foundation asks the thousands of constituents across the country that sent constituent demand letters to their Congressman for the April 15th delivery event to MAIL a hard copy of any response they may receive to our offices so that we may compile a physical record of how our Congress responded to this critical moment of history.

Please MAIL your letters to We The People Foundation, 2458 Ridge Road, Queensbury, NY 12804. We will electronically scan and post the responses for all of posterity to examine. Please, DO NOT e-mail or fax any letters or image scans to the WTP office.

Finally, we wish to acknowledge the numerous inquiries we have received from citizens asking about the desirability of a class action lawsuit seeking a declaration of our rights. While our minds remain open to arguments for the inclusion of a class action lawsuit in the forthcoming plan of action, we continue to question the wisdom of relying on the judiciary for a resolution of the questions surrounding the income tax, especially in light of the very questionable decisions from the judiciary to date.

Any reasonable person will conclude that the judicial branch has clearly decided NOT to protect the Constitution and the People’s unalienable rights in those cases where they have had to choose between the Constitution and the federal income tax. The judiciary has in fact, given birth to this Constitutional crisis by their failure to properly execute their constitutional duties.

Need proof? Read the report recently released by the Institute For Policy Innovation, authored by Daniel J. Pilla entitled, "A Monument of Deficient Wisdom: The Constitutional Conflict in Federal Income Tax Law Enforcement." Click here to download a copy of the report (295 KB .pdf). See the last page of the report for information about IPI and Daniel Pilla.

	Click here to get a copy of the Truth-in-Taxation Hearing on CD-ROM or VHS. The 4 disk set contains 14 hrs.of video, 400 legal exhibits, 550 questions and a certified transcript which can all be used simultaneously. Click here to see a few short video previews. CD-ROM sets are now shipping!
	Click here to see the April 8 WTP press conference at the National Press Club where new evidence of fraud and racketeering at IRS was publicly exposed (almost 20,000 have).
	Click here to download a copy of the IPI/Pilla report on the income tax (291 Kb .pdf).
	Click here to get Larken Rose's new video "Theft by Deception" that graphically explains the "861" sources argument.