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January 31, 2002

Lies and Hidden Agendas in                              Rep. Bartlett's Office

Mounting evidence suggests that Bartlett's staff may have been quietly working for months to kill the tax hearing -- perhaps without even Rep. Bartlett's knowledge.

Read The Full Letter

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January 22, 2002

WTP Foundation Replies to Congressman Bartlett 

Read The Full Reply

  Bob Schulz, Chairman of the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education has replied to Congressman Bartlett’s January 17 letter and press release, which announced Bartlett’s decision to withdraw from the citizens’ Truth-In-Taxation Hearing. 

Foundation Sets The Record Straight  

In its reply the Foundation makes public the details of what happened behind the scenes in the days leading up to the July 20, 2001 agreement with the government and the real reasons Congressman Bartlett decided to withdraw as the congressional sponsor of the citizen’s Truth-in-Taxation hearing. 

The chronology of events shows that soon after Schulz ended his hunger fast both IRS and DOJ began to renege on their formal commitments.  

Although the Foundation’s ongoing "Wait to File" campaign is undoubtedly troublesome to the government, the real reason Bartlett cancelled the hearings appears to be the communications Bartlett received months ago from DOJ and IRS (which were not disclosed to Schulz), telling Bartlett that DOJ and IRS would not show at the hearing, leaving Bartlett alone to face the expectations of the People.

“A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS HAS NOW DEVELOPED”

The constitutional requirement for the government to answer proper petitions from the People for redress of grievances is so clear and unambiguous that it leaves no room for interpretation. Congressman Bartlett, in his own words, has acknowledged that written responses to our particular inquiries would not suffice and would result in obfuscation and confusion and would lead the People's petition to ruin. 

A preliminary list of 299 questions is being provided to DOJ and IRS and is being released to the public. The People now demand, not request that the IRS and DOJ officials answer the questions in public.  Their presence is demanded at the hearing, which will take place in Washington, DC as planned on Feb 27 and 28. 

A Plan of Action is Set Forth

Bob's letter goes on to inform Congressman Bartlett that due to the seriousness of the decision by DOJ and IRS, the Foundation intends to undertake a six-point plan of action (a pro-active, non-violent, mass-movement):

1) Bob has asked Bartlett to reconsider his decision to withdraw from the hearing; 

2) The Foundation will proceed with a recorded public hearing on February 27 and 28, using the Marriott Hotel if the Science and Technology Committee Hearing Room is no longer available because neither Congressman Bartlett nor any other Congressman is willing to reserve the room for the hearing;

3) The Foundation will immediately release the initial set of (299) questions that it wants DOJ and IRS to answer in a public forum on February 27 and 28; 

4) The Foundation has posted the questions on this web site and is inviting any and all learned persons to answer any question at the February hearing after first contacting the Foundation using a prepared form; 

5) The Foundation is extending an invitation to the February 27 and 28 event to each and every organization that is concerned about the protection, preservation and enhancement of human liberty, and that is interested in limited government; 

6) The Foundation is calling on all patriots to demand that DOJ and IRS attend the February hearing, wait to file their tax returns until February 27. If DOJ and the IRS fail to appear, there will be a call to defer filing tax returns, suspend employee withholding and stand together at the mall in Washington DC on Sunday, April 14 and peacefully protest the unlawful income tax by filing their blank 1040 forms in metal waste drums.

Read The Full Reply  to Rep. Bartlett

Read the full "Wait to File" article -- See How to Help !

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Rep. Bartlett Cancels                         Truth-in-Taxation Hearing

Schulz Preparing Response

[January 20]  Just five hours after We The People Foundation delivered several thousand copies of a cover letter and the “Wait to File Until the Trial” message to some of the most powerful people in the government and the private financial sector, a staffer from Rep. Bartlett’s office telephoned Bob Schulz at 8:20  p.m. Thursday to inform Bob that Congressman Bartlett was canceling the public “truth-in-taxation” hearing.

The letter and message were delivered 3 p.m. Thursday to the personal fax machines of each of the following: 

• 550 Big Five Accounting Firm Partners              (including Arthur Anderson)
• President Bush's Cabinet Members and Cabinet Legal Advisors
• 1100 Judges on the Federal Circuit
• All Federal Tax Court Judges
• All Supreme Court Justices
• American Judges Association
• Mayors of the Largest U.S. Cities
• All Radio Station General Managers
• All Radio Talk Show Hosts
• Members of the Association of Copy Editors 

Bob is currently preparing a response, including a revised plan of action, which will be posted on this web site by tomorrow, Monday the 21^st of January.   

Bob asks people to please refrain from calling the Foundation’s office until the response to Congressman Bartlett’s announcement is posted.

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Wait to File Until the Trial!

Read our letter that's being mailed to 300,000 people

Read our newspaper Ad (pdf - 517K, rt. click to "save to")

The We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education has launched Operation "Wait to File Until the Trial". This effort is to inform as many Americans as possible that:

• The very legality of the U.S. income tax system goes on trial February 27th at a congressionally sponsored public hearing on Capitol Hill. This historic event is the result of a three-year effort by the We The People Foundation For Constitutional Education and thousands of supporters nationwide.
• At the 2-day hearing, we expect to prove conclusively that the IRS does not have the legal authority to force employers to withhold taxes from the paychecks of their employees, or to force most Americans to file a return or pay the income tax.
• If the research is confirmed publicly, most Americans may be entitled to a refund of 100% of the income tax paid or withheld in 2001.
• All Americans should wait until the public hearing before they file their tax returns. Hear the facts. Judge the truth.

Over the next several weeks we intend to announce Operation "Wait to File Until the Trial" to tens of millions of Americans. To accomplish this objective, we will conduct a comprehensive nationwide media and direct mail campaign on several different fronts concurrently. Efforts are currently under way to place high-impact "Wait to File" ads in USA TODAY and other major newspapers. Our direct mail initiative will be targeted at a broad cross-section of individuals, professional associations, political groups and institutions.

Read the entire article

ALAN KEYES IS NOW ON TV;
Pass the word, ratings count

Alan Keyes will host a live, one-hour, prime time show on MSNBC every night, Monday through Thursday, beginning January 21, 2002.

We respectfully request that you take the time, now, to pass the word about this wonderful development. We believe the show will do much to nourish enlightened and responsible citizenship.

Alan Keyes is a defender of the principles underpinning our system of governance. He knows the way the system is working is in sharp contrast to the way it was designed to work. He is a staunch defender of our unalienable rights and knows that the constitution is all that stands between the people of America and total despotism and tyranny. Alan Keyes does his homework and has the courage to be "counter-cultural" or "politically incorrect." He has the courage of his convictions. For instance, on the campaign trail for his parties' nomination for President of the United States of America, he has publicly called the income tax a "slave tax" and questioned its legality, particularly the the validity of the 16th Amendment.

We have seen Alan Keyes as a man dedicated to restoring the essential principles of the Declaration of Independence to their rightful place in American life. To us, his passion has long been liberty, working to educate Americans of all parties and persuasions about the God-given rights that underlie our republic. He has worked patiently but energetically to develop a deep awareness of the role and duties of all Americans in restoring respect for life, the family, and personal and political self-government.

We were happy to have Alan Keyes' assistance in launching Operation Enduring Patriotism in November 2001, at the National Press Club, where he gave a most inspiring speech in support of the importance of reinvigorating civic education in America.

Read press release from MSNBC.

Judge Refuses to Dismiss  Lawsuit Against Bank of America Challenging Notice of Levy Seizure.
[November 16] IRS Agent to be Questioned Under Oath to Cite Legal Authority to Force Banks to Seize Accounts.
Read the Press Release

More Media on "Operation Enduring Patriotism"
Read What The Weekly Standard Had to Say

"Operation Enduring Patriotism" Underway 
[November 14] Dr. Alan Keyes and General Ray Davis spoke in support of the initiative.  Many state legislators from 38 states have now received  the draft legislation that requires teaching of  the full and contextual meaning of our founding documents as well as the state and federal constitutions.  "Operation Enduring Patriotism" seeks to see this educational law adopted and implemented by each state.
See the Webcast from the National Press Club. (56k RealMedia)
See the map of which states still need initial support for the legislation.
Read the news story from  NewsMax.com covering the event.

News Video:  Assault by IRS Agent During Taxpayer Hearing
[November 2] Watch the short news video from Las Vegas television station Channel 13 reporting on an IRS agent attacking a witness during a tax audit.  The assault can be heard on audio tape as the victim attempts to (apparently) question the IRS's legal authority beyond alcohol, tobacco and firearms.  The victim was taken to a hospital for injuries.  The IRS agent has still not been charged.  IRS and local Las Vegas police are "still investigating."  According to an informed source, Vegas police rushed to the scene believing a taxpayer to be the assailant.

(From Irwin Schiff's site www.paynoincometax.com)

Operation Enduring Patriotism;
An Open Invitation to Defenders of Constitutionally Guaranteed Rights
[October 27] On November 12, 2001, a group of citizens will launch "Operation Enduring Patriotism", to require the teaching in the nation’s schools of the history, meaning, effect and significance of every provision of the Declaration of Independence, the federal constitution and the state constitutions.

Operation Enduring Patriotism is a citizens' initiative for actions by the states.

At the heart of this initiative is a proposed model statute to be adopted by each state. Click here to view a copy of the proposed state statute, "An Act for Enduring Patriotism." The purpose of Operation Enduring Patriotism is to have the statute passed into law in each of the fifty states.

Read the entire article

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Citizens’ Truth-in-Taxation Hearing Rescheduled
[October 17] Congressman Bartlett Publicly Reaffirms His Support for Capitol Hill Hearing Challenging the Legal Authority of the IRS

Rep. Bartlett Obtaining Support From Other Members of Congress

Read Rep. Bartlett’s letter to Schulz
(dated October 12)

See video message from Rep. Bartlett
(Windows Media, also available for Macintosh)

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett has rescheduled the citizens’ Truth-in-Taxation hearing for February 27 and 28, 2002.

The hearing will be held at the nation’s Capital in the House Science and Technology Committee Hearing Room, (Rayburn House Office Building), beginning at 9 a.m. each day.

The IRS and Department of Justice will officially and publicly answer detailed legal allegations directly challenging the jurisdiction of the IRS and the unlawful enforcement and administration of U.S. income tax laws.

The hearing is in response to a formal petition to the government from Bob Schulz, Chairman of the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education.

In a letter to Schulz dated October 12, 2001, Congressman Bartlett reaffirmed his belief that it is his duty as an elected member of Congress to ensure that our government timely and properly responds to a citizens’ petition for a redress of grievances.

"Now it is critical for the Congress to resume its business," said Bartlett. "An important domestic matter to address is the alleged fraudulent and illegal operations of the federal income tax system…You have my word as an elected member of the United States Congress that I will do all within my power that this event go forward, the IRS and the DOJ attend as they have promised to do, and are compelled to do by the Constitution."

Congressman Bartlett also wrote, "Our country has labored under a federal income tax system that is inconsistent with the liberty of a free people. Quite simply, the government of a free people should not tax the labor of its citizens…."

Congressman Bartlett went on to say that most of Congress now agrees that the federal tax system is repugnant to the Constitution and its laws, and that the current income tax system should be abolished.

"Over several decades, there has been a substantial and credible body of research compiled that directly questions the legal authority of the IRS to: 1) force employers to withhold taxes from employee’s paychecks, 2) force most citizens to file a return, and 3) force payment of the income tax," said Schulz. "Until now, the government has refused to publicly answer its most vocal critics or respond to the specific legal evidence. The administration and enforcement of the income tax system goes on trial February 27^th."

Wednesday, September 12

Schulz Requests Delay for Tax Hearing

In the shadow of Tuesday's dark events, Bob Schulz, Chairman of the We The People Foundation, communicated his request to Rep. Roscoe Bartlett Wednesday, that the tax hearing be postponed until sometime in October.

Schulz remarked, "Although we have worked long and hard for our right to be formally answered on our petition for a redress of grievances, We The People does not want to hinder, in any way, the government's response to the terrorist attacks or to be perceived as a source of divisiveness during this critical hour for our nation.  The Department of Justice officials must, without distraction, tend to the immediate security of our country.

There should be no doubt about the potential impacts that may arise from the tax hearing.  It is a very public, and direct challenge of the legal jurisdiction of the IRS and the unlawful enforcement of U.S. tax laws.

At this time, we feel that to proceed with a public interrogation of officials from the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service under the current circumstances is not appropriate.  At best, it may be counterproductive to the Foundation's educational objectives and at worst, perceived as a hindrance, or discordant voice during this time of need for national unity.

We have waited many years for answers to these questions.  We The People can wait a few more weeks."

Within the next few days, Bartlett's office will propose new dates, pending a review of October schedules and the availability of Capitol Hill facilities.

Schulz apologizes to all those who have already made travel plans and other arrangements to attend the hearing.

Sunday, September 9

Dirty Tricks & Disinformation

-- click here--

First came the anonymous threats of violence by the
"Ghost's" (sic).  Now days before the historic hearing, others are attempting to publicly question the motives of Bob Schulz and the We The People Foundation.  Read some of the assertions and the personal responses from Schulz.

Read the full text versions of Resolutions passed by the "We The People Congress", Chairman, Bob Schulz.
Decide for yourself where Schulz stands on government, the Constitution and individual freedoms.

Monday, September 3

Quick Status Update:

-- click here --

Rep. Bartlett's Office: The Show Will Go On Preparation Progress Webcast-Update Toto Needs Help Pulling Back the Curtain . . .

Please distribute Toto's Donation Flyer (.pdf)

Thursday, August 30

Hearing Webcast & Radio Details. . .

Subscribe Now: LIVE 2-Day Hearing Webcast!

-- click here --

Please Support this Foundation's Efforts to Put the U.S. Income Tax on Trial.  Witness This Historic Event for Yourself -- LIVE.

The First 5000 Subscribers of the "Patriot" Webcast Package get this for $29.95:

• 2 full days, LIVE "gavel-to-gavel" webcast -- with real-time download of evidence (view & print), live commentaries and interviews with tax researchers

• 1 Set of CD-ROMs w/ printable evidence & documentation

• 1 copy official written transcript of hearing

• 1 Freedom Certificate -- personally signed by Bob Schulz

The 2-day Webcast only package is available for $19.95.  VHS or CD-ROM versions are available without the webcast.  This webcast will be the ONLY live, gavel-to-gavel video coverage of the hearing.

Secure 3rd party payment processor -- your credit card information is very safe.
PayPal Now Accepted Too!

FREE Worldwide Radio Broadcast

We The People has secured a commercial satellite radio uplink for the tax hearing.  Any radio station, radio network or dish-equipped individual may download the feed for FREE with NO restrictions on redistribution, recording or rebroadcast.

We expect many radio networks, stations, talk shows, etc. to rebroadcast these signals via shortwave and the internet.  WTP wants everyone who seeks the truth about our income tax system to experience this event.

Call your local radio stations and ask them to broadcast this monumental moment !

Here are some technical details -- more to follow:

Satellite:  GE-4, Transponder 24, Frequency 5.8 (wide-band/c-band audio)

The satellite signal can be directly accessed from any point on the continents of North, Central or South America.

To assist part time listeners and radio hosts, commentators will summarize the hearing's events at the bottom of each hour and at noon & 3 p.m. each day.

Monday, August 27

Hearing Update

-- click here --

Live Worldwide Broadcasts: Internet Webcast & Radio

Schulz Distances Tax Honesty Movement from Violent Threats

Tuesday, Aug. 7

Preparations Proceed Full Steam

-- click here --

Government Announces Specific Dates & Location for Hearing

Our Nation Without the Income Tax

Wednesday, Aug. 1

Read Rep. Ron Paul's (TX) Public Statement Supporting Schulz

 -- click here --

(from the July 17th WTP D.C. Press Conference)

Monday, July 30

Updated WTP Press Release on Capitol Hill Tax Meeting

-- click here --

Read the quoted content from the agreement between Rep. Bartlett and the DOJ.

Congressman Bartlett "personally affirmed" the WTP release accurately portrays the terms of the government's agreement with Schulz.

WTP has reissued its press release of July 20, 2001 that announced the historic agreement committing government officials to publicly answer to legal charges regarding IRS jurisdiction and the illegal enforcement of U.S. income tax laws.

On Monday July 30th, an aide to Rep. Bartlett delivered both a copy of the July 30th WTP press release and a note from Bartlett's office to DOJ's Bryant and Floyd Williams, Director of Congressional Affairs for IRS, which reads as follows:

The updated WTP press release clarifies that it was Rep. Bartlett, not U.S. Assistant Attorney General Dan Bryant, that committed IRS representatives to appear at the hearing.

In the agreement, DOJ's Bryant did commit DOJ to ". . . provide appropriate representatives to participate in a congressional briefing . . ."

Although there were several discussions with Floyd Williams, Director of Congressional Affairs for the IRS, it was IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti who agreed on Thursday, July 19th, to send IRS tax experts to the public meeting in September during direct phone conversations between Bartlett and Rossotti.

WTP regrets any confusion in the initial press release that may have implied that DOJ's Dan Bryant committed the participation of another agency.  Schulz is quoted, "We understand that the IRS is a separate agency and certainly did not intend to imply that DOJ was committing the IRS to the meeting.  The agreement reached on July 20th covered both verbal and written terms and conditions for the briefing."  Although Rossotti did not sign the agreement, Bartlett assured Schulz "The IRS will be there at those meetings".

For example, Schulz continued, "WTP agreed verbally to provide top-level questions to the DOJ and IRS one or two weeks before the meeting.  This is to insure that both DOJ and IRS have the appropriate personnel at the hearing and that they are fully prepared to respond to the specific areas of inquiry for the government."

As stated in today's WorldNetDaily article (July 30th), Schulz maintains that WTP's (original) portrayal of the agreement is accurate. Schulz said, "It's certainly not our intention to misrepresent anything."

Income Tax Hearing Preparations Gear Up

Thanks for the Q's & A's
Bob wants to thank everyone contributing questions and answers.  Although there is some duplication in certain areas, a number of excellent submissions have been made.  A file of these will be reviewed by the tax researchers and attorneys during the upcoming preparation meetings.  Questions are still being accepted and evaluated,  but need to be in soon to be considered in the context of hearing strategy and detailed inquiry development.  Guidelines for submissions are below. . .

Gearing Up
Approximately three dozen attorneys and key tax and legal researchers participated in a nationwide conference call Friday afternoon to discuss basic ground rules and organizational strategies for the upcoming citizen's income tax hearings on Capitol Hill.  The group, discussed a number of important considerations including the design and development of lines of inquiry, meeting logistics, evidence and documentation issues, planning sessions, hearing dynamics and project resource management.

The researchers and attorneys are planning to meet "en masse" in the next two weeks to begin formal organization of the group and execution of project tasks, resources and schedules.  The scope involves defining specific areas of questions within several broad "areas" of inquiry, the development of evidence, legal documentation and visual exhibits.  As with most hearings in the Capitol, it is expected that full "backup" documentation will be made available for the public record even though it is not actually examined in the hearing.  Preparations for recording and live broadcast have been inititiated.

Who? When? Where?
Many details remain to-be-determined as of today.  Target dates for the meetings remain 9/25 & 9/26.  Location is still  to be in the Capitol.

According to Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, Rep. Henry Hyde (Former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee) did not decline to gavel the Citizen's sessions but instead recommended that Rep. Phillip Crane (Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee) would be a good person to chair the public meetings.  This would provide an extra impetus for Ways and Means Committee members to become aware of the details and substance of the tax law charges brought in the WTP Remonstrance.

Rep. Ron Paul's Statement from Schulz's July 17 Press Conference: -- click here --

Stay Vigilant.  Spread the Word.  Invest in this Project.  Invest in Your Freedom.

Bob Schulz continues to ask all supporters to keep at contacting the media and government officials.  There are many forces that would like these hearings not to occur.  By collectively keeping the pressure on for the next 60 days the People will be heard.  Contact info will remain posted below.

Bob wants to thank everyone that has stepped up to contribute financially to support this effort.  Although there was a significant burst of donations following the end of the fast, your substantial help will be needed clear through the hearings.  As everyone involved in any type of volunteer effort knows, at some point there is no substitute for direct financial help.  WTP has secured this opportunity as an eager and prepared group of researchers and attorneys prepare for their opportunity to get answers.  Please help us prepare for this once in a lifetime, but very costly opportunity.  Details of some of the projected expenditures and steps taken to protect your donations are detailed below.  Donations may be made on-line, (via secured internet/credit card) or mailed in.  Please consider an investment in our Freedom.

Sunday, July 22

Schulz Calls for YOUR Questions

This is an historic moment.  For the first time in modern times the government is being held to officially, and publicly, DEFEND specific legal charges about the tax system from the Citizens.  We need the best of the best.

Bob Schulz has requested that NOW is the time to prepare and submit questions that YOU would ask if you had a few brief moments to ask the DOJ or IRS before the American viewing public.  Schulz has committed to provide the government "opening" questions in advance so that the DOJ and IRS may prepare adequately to respond to specific areas of inquiry and avoid any excuse that an area of inquiry was not properly prepared for.  The researchers would like to compile, organize and deliver to the government these questions during the next 3 weeks.  To do this he needs them very soon.

To coordinate the evaluation and organization of potential questions, Schulz has requested that each potential question you submit for evaluation follow a very SPECIFIC FORMAT. You need NOT provide full documentation of valid answers at this time.

Each response should be SHORT, TO-THE-POINT, and phrased as a QUESTION.  Questions that fail to be properly formatted will be ignored.

You may start with a VERY BRIEF and EXACT reference statement leading into or framing your question.  For example: "Examine 'xyz'.  It says 'def'.  Q:  What specific statute authorizes this?"

Each question submitted will assume a question-response, question-response, courtroom type format.

Specifically:

1. Researcher's Question
2. Government Response
3. Researcher's Reply
4. Government 2nd-Response
5. Researcher's 2nd-Reply

For EACH question submitted, you must consider and document up to (no more than) THREE of the most probable government responses labeled: A, B, & C (with "A" most probable). For EACH potential government Response, Please document the BEST Researcher Reply.

Please use proper language, punctuation, grammar, and legal terms as appropriate. Be very brief -- get to the exact point -- quickly.

Provide your name, mail or e-mail address & contact phone numbers.

Please e-mail these to bob@givemeliberty.org or mail to:

We The People
2458 Ridge Road
Queensbury, NY 12804

Need for Financial Support

As mentioned before, this is an historic moment.  There are many costs associated with staging an event of this magnitude.  There are strategy and research meetings (as mentioned above) to plan and organize the event, there are airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, phone calls, etc. ALL required to adequately plan, organize and execute this hearing.  And even though the hearings will be held in the Capitol, there will be many logistics costs that will be incurred: digital video recording equipment, database design & management, court reporters, A/V presentation equipment rentals, documentation management, copying, etc.

It is expected these costs will run tens of thousands of dollars between now and the hearing -- much of which needs to be spent and incurred soon.  As more specific cost estimates for specific items are available they will documented on this site.

We know a lot of people have supported the Tax Honesty movement in general, and We The People specifically, in the past.  WTP thanks everyone.  People have bought books, tapes, and services from many organizations from this movement over a long number of years.

Schulz would ask that everyone consider this: If everyone that knows about these injustices pitched in -- even a little -- we can "axe the tax" in September from a laser-like front, funded from across the Nation.

There will be NO NEED to ever incur attorney fees or purchase educational materials to fight the IRS -- ever again! Consider the income taxes currently withheld that might well be in your pocket.  This is the "Tax Honesty Movement's"  best shot ever.

Invest your money to arm the best tax researchers, bring the best arguments and the best documentation to Capitol Hill.  Bob Schulz and We The People will be managing this effort with the coordination of the best legal minds and tax researchers in the nation.  We get ONE shot. Bob Schulz had to risk his life to get us this far.

We The People's Remonstrance Congressional Hearing is the perhaps, the best opportunity this movement has ever had.  Please invest.

Donate Online: Donations to WTP can be made online
(VISA & MC) via a secure, encrypted web page or mailed to the office:

We The People
2458 Ridge Road
Queensbury, NY 12804

Donations are tax-deductible, while that lasts :-)
WTP is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit foundation.  The articles of incorporation may be viewed on this site.

All donations to this project are secured via double signatures and management of a bonded CPA firm.

To skeptics who may doubt this is real:  We invite you to call the U.S. Capitol at 800-648-3516 and ask for the offices of Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (MD) or Rep. Ron Paul (TX) to briefly confirm that this hearing is real.

Where is the Media?  Help Fight the News Suppression and Propaganda

We believe the media is in an unusual, virtual blackout of the hunger fast and resulting official agreement with the U.S. government.  This is not a story to easily ignore.

With the exception of Schulz's hometown newspaper, (The Post Star), a couple of regional NY papers, and a couple of alternative news internet sites (WorldNetDaily and NewsMax.com),  the dominant print and broadcast media have effectively shown little interest in what is, and will be shortly, the story of the century.

Rest assured, every single call, fax and letter (and prayer!)  that was sent is what saved Bob and brought the government to the table.  The People were heard..

Please continue to CALL, WRITE and FAX Washington and the dominant media (TV, radio, newspapers, etc.).  Do not let them IGNORE the Hearing!

A casual review of some of last week's tax related news stories should raise an eyebrow or two:

A)  On 7/16, Bush announces a sudden interest in studying "alternative" taxation systems, including disposal of the entire current tax code. (New York Times)

B)  On late Wednesday evening, HR 2525 -- the FAIR TAX bill (a national sales tax) was introduced in the House.

C)  Thursday's New York Times (again), runs a story covering a Senate briefing by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil.  O'Neil was questioned about the 1+ MILLION offshore accounts in Grand Cayman alone, and the fact that that only 6,000 are registered with the U.S.  The Times story essentially conveys that all this U.S. money is moved offshore to evade the income tax.

We will leave the instructions for contacting Congress, the President, and the media posted below for some time.

Friday's press release announcing the DOJ and Congressional agreement is found below (www.givemeliberty.org)

Donate to WTP Online by secured credit card screen.

Bob's address:

We The People
2458 Ridge Road
Queensbury, NY 12804

How to Fight Back:

Download Our Flyer and Spread it Around!

Click here for the 1-page flyer -- .pdf format

Daily Updates From the Fast

Current Status Report -- click here

Video Daily Diary -- click here (Up & Running!)

Bob Needs Help in Washington

Bob Invites You to Stop By or Help -- click here

Contact The President

1. PHONE THE PRESIDENT: His "Comment Line" phone number is 202-395-3000.

2. WRITE THE PRESIDENT: Fax: 202-456-2461. Address: The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500.

3. E-MAIL THE PRESIDENT: president@whitehouse.gov

Contact Your U.S. Senators and Representatives

Go to the website: http://capwiz.com/washtimes/ . Under "Elected Officials", fill in your zip code. All contact information will appear: phone, fax, addresses, and e-mail links. CALL, WRITE or FAX; e-mails are largely ignored.

Contact the Media

Go to the website: http://capwiz.com/washtimes/. Under "Guide to the Media", fill in your zip code. The media contacts in your area will appear + Letters to the Editor.

Ongoing Media Coverage

We will post copies of media coverage of the Hunger Fast as available.  Include these in your contact efforts:

Visit New Web Site Deployed in Support of the Fast. (unofficial)

Read about others joining Bob & Roland who are fasting! See the second by second fast clock www.save-bob.org

NEW !  IRS Walk-Around Video

SPOTLIGHTS

June 2001

One man hungers. A nation prays.
As America watches

On July 1, 2001, Bob Schulz, Chairman of the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, will begin a fast which will continue until he dies or until IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti delivers to him a list of the government's experts who will meet on September 18, 2001, in a public forum, at the National Press Club in Washington DC, with tax law researchers from the tax honesty movement, to argue against the conclusions of those researchers.
Click here to read more

Action Plan. Get Involved. It's Important.

Project TOTO is the Foundation's project designed to expose the true nature of the federal income tax laws and to educate people everywhere about the issue.  Thus far, at a cost of $252,000, Project TOTO has published four full-page messages in USA TODAY. Now, with the assistance of concerned citizens, additional tasks will be initiated.
Click here to read more

April 2001

Rossotti Shuns We The People In Favor of NY Times.  IRS Arrogance and Corruption Starts at the Top.  More Shoddy Journalism by NY Times. Rossotti Responds to We The People.

IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti lets it be known that he will only speak to the people through his mouthpiece - the New York Times. The Times again confirms its lapdog status and proves its priorities are to provide public relations for the IRS, ignore the pressing issues and grievances of the people, and misinform or not inform its readers about significant events taking place.

While hundreds of American citizens from all around the country stood outside IRS headquarters in Washington on a warm April day waiting for Commissioner Rossotti to speak to them, the Commish instead chose to sit in his office and chat with a reporter from the NY Times in an interview arranged to take place, by "coincidence," at precisely the time the marchers had scheduled for Rossotti to speak to them.
Click here to read more

Foundation Considers Legal Action

We The People Foundation was contacted by USA TODAY advertising representative Katie Emery late Wednesday afternoon, April 11, 2001, to inform Bob Schulz that USA TODAY will not accept more advertising from the Foundation.
Click here to read more

Battalion of Tyranny Responders Circles IRS
Headquarters Shouting: "SHOW ME THE LAW!"

Commissioner Rossotti refuses to answer the questions and allegations raised by tax researchers.

A small army of tax honesty advocates from almost every state marched from the Jefferson Memorial to IRS headquarters in Washington, DC on Monday morning, April 9, 2001, to begin what history may come to view as the Boston Tea Party of the 21st century.
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1040 People to Surround IRS Headquarters

On Monday, April 9, 2001, at least 1040 people will encircle the IRS Headquarters building in Washington, DC. Each person will be wearing a navy blue windbreaker with the words "TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM" written on the back in large, block letters.
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David Cay Johnston: "GOVERNMENT HAS MISHANDLED WE THE PEOPLE AND THE TAX HONESTY MOVEMENT."

On April 5, 2001, a reporter for the New York Times, David Cay Johnston, told a group of leaders of the tax honesty movement that he had informed the IRS that it has mishandled the We The People Foundation and the tax honesty movement because it failed to address the movement's allegations of the fraudulent adoption of the 16th amendment and the illegal operations of the income tax system.
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Senate To Hold Hearing On Our USA TODAY Ads But Does Not Want To Hear From Us.

We Will Hold a Press Conference Outside The Hearing Room.

A New York Times reporter, David Cay Johnston, telephoned us after 5 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2001, to inform us of the fact that the Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a formal hearing for 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2001. Mr. Johnston said the subject of the hearing would be the full-page ads we have published in USA TODAY and that the Committee intended to have the ads on display during the hearing. Johnston said that our side of the story needs to be told, that we should try to get on the witness list and that all the major media outlets would attend any press conference we were to hold in the hallway outside the hearing room, if we were not allowed to testify before the Committee.
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March 2001

READ LETTERS (1st Letter, 2nd Letter) FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

Social Security officials have confirmed that there is no law that requires a citizen to get a social security number.

GROSS INCOME AND SECTION 861: TAX RESEARCHERS' PERSPECTIVE AND EXPLANATION

Our full-page messages in USA Today on 2/16 and 3/2/01 (and in The Washington Times) have noted some of the evidence for assertions by tax researchers that there is no law or regulation that requires most U.S. citizens to pay the federal income tax or to have income and employment taxes withheld from the money they earn in the 50 states.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Appeals
Courts and State Courts Have Declared
The Income Tax to be a Direct Tax

Commissioner Rossotti Invited to Speak at IRS Walk-Around

A formal invitation has been extended to IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti to speak to the citizens who will be participating in the IRS Walk-Around on April 9, 2001.

The Commissioner has been respectfully requested to address the allegations of the fraud and the illegal operations of the income tax system, to explain the agency's position and to tell the citizens assembled when experts at the IRS will be available to meet with tax researchers in a public forum to expose their errors and to show them and explain the law that requires most Americans to file a tax return and to have the income tax withheld from the money they earn.
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April 9, 2001: IRS "WALK-AROUND"
Be There!

To educate the millions of Americans about the fraudulent nature of the income tax system issue, the recalcitrance of the government, and the urgency tens of thousands of concerned citizens place on the need for the federal income tax authorities to meet with the tax researchers in a public forum, we believe a "WALK-AROUND" the IRS headquarters building is necessary and would be effective publicity.
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Who was Philander Knox?  Is it Credible That He Would Commit Fraud?
Understanding a crime or a misdeed involves learning not only what was done and who did it, but also what the motivation was. With a clear motive, evidence of the "what" and "who" becomes much more credible. Allegations that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error, but committed fraud when he falsely declared the 16th amendment ratified in 1913, require us to look at who he was to understand why he would commit such an act. The following sketch was prepared by the We The People Foundation For Constitutional Education and is condensed from Bill Benson's research report on the ratification of the 16th Amendment, "The Law That Never Was," Volume II (1985), pages 122-135.
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Connecting the Dots:  The Statutory Path Leading to the Conclusion That Most U.S. Citizens Are Not Liable For The Federal Income Tax
One of the two primary propositions discussed at the Washington Symposium was that there is no law that requires most citizens to file and pay federal income taxes.

There is a federal law that imposes a requirement upon some citizens and foreigners to file and pay an income tax. The big question is, of course: to what proportion of citizens does the requirement apply? Does it apply to most citizens, or just to a small, specifically defined subset of citizens? To answer this, we must follow a disjointed trail of statutes and regulations to see where they lead. It is a difficult trail to follow; it is easy to take a wrong path; and there have been few directions or signposts supplied by the IRS.
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HOW SOME STATES DID NOT LEGALLY RATIFY THE 16TH AMENDMENT

Bill Benson's findings, published in "The Law That Never Was," make a convincing case that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error, but committed fraud when he declared it ratified in February 1913. What follows is a summary of some of the major findings for many of the states, showing that their ratifications were not legal and should not have been counted.
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February 2001

OPENING REMARKS BY BOB SCHULZ
AT ARLINGTON MEETING, 2/17/01

Good morning. My name is Bob Schulz, I'm the chairman of the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, and I want to welcome you all to our conference. It's wonderful that we have so many here today for our program concerning the federal income tax.
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Mike Bodine's Presentation on Project TOTO at the Arlington Meeting, February 17, 2001

Following the opening remarks by Bob Schulz , Mike Bodine provided an overview of the public information and education plan affectionately known as Project TOTO.

Click here for Mike Bodine's PowerPoint presentation on Project TOTO given February 17, 2001 at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.
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WTP PUBLISHES FIRST PROJECT TOTO AD: February 16, 2001

On February 16, 2001, We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc. published a full-page ad in USA TODAY. The Ad featured the photos and names of three ex-IRS Agents who have resigned their positions and joined a growing number of former and present IRS officers, attorneys, Certified Public Accountants and retired judges who believe and assert that there is no law that requires most Americans to file an income tax return or to pay the federal income tax, and that the entire income tax system is founded upon fraud and is operated illegally.

The Ad also contained a number of "pearls" concerning the Internal Revenue Code and some brief comments on the February 10th New York Times article.

Run the Ad in your local newspaper. Have your local newspaper click here for a free downloadable Adobe pdf file of the Ad (please be patient ... this is a large file at 2.5MB).

January 2001

UPDATE: Project TOTO

Nationwide Plan To Expose and End the Illegal Operations of the Income Tax System
Individuals are being invited to a special meeting to be held from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, February 17, 2001, at the Crystal City Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Va.  We hope many will attend.  While the meeting is not secret, we are not seeking any media publicity.
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Tyranny Response Team News
Every unlawful act committed by the government -- whether at the local, state or federal levels -- is an act of tyranny, and we, as responsible Americans, have a duty to respond to acts of governmental tyranny in order to preserve, protect and enhance our rights, freedoms and liberties. Click here to read more...

KEEP IT ALIVE!
The interest in our USA TODAY ad has been nothing short of phenomenal. Now people throughout the country want to "keep the ad moving." The attitude coming across to us here at the Foundation is, "Let's paper over the country with the ad." The ad - which described the fraud and illegal operations of the income tax system - is getting "legs." It is on its way to being mass-produced for the purpose of educating more ordinary Americans on the issue of the fraudulent and illegal operations of the income tax system. They say that repetition is the soul of advertising.

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We The People Places a Full Page Ad in USA Today
On Friday, July 7, 2000, a full page advertisement appeared nationwide in USA Today alerting and educating the public on the Legality of Income Tax issue.  The ad was sponsored by the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc. Click here to read the full text of the ad...

COMING: A Citizens' Investigatory Commission
On Thursday, June 29, 2000, We the People Foundation for Constitutional Education Inc. held the fourth Washington, DC conference at the National Press Club on the question of the legality of the income tax. The Conference was preceded by two full-page center-spread ads in the Washington Times (19 - 25 JUNE and 26 JUNE - 2 JULY).

Speaker after speaker provided enormously encouraging news and information, to the largest audience yet, on their respective aspects of citizens' confrontations with the federal government's abuse of its taxing power. Everyone present felt that it was, indeed, a moving, significant and memorable day. Click here for a full update...

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The Oklahoma Protest
In 1913, Secretary of State Philander Knox proclaimed that the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the income tax amendment, was ratified. The Constitution requires that three-fourths of the states ratify an amendment to make it a part of the constitution. In 1913, there were 48 states in the Union, thus it took 36 states to ratify this amendment. The government claims that 38 states ratified the 16th Amendment, which was two more than necessary.

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The June 29th conference was originally scheduled as a debate between experts designated by the leaders of the two houses of Congress and the White House representing the government side vs. a panel of experts invited by the We The People Foundation. The two sides were finally to meet in a head-to-head debate on several issues concerning the unconstitutional and illegal operations of the federal income tax system and the IRS...However, the government reneged on assurances made last April to send people to participate... Click here to read more...

HERE ARE THE TASKS THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO UNDERTAKE. Every task is considered to be part of our overall educational program aimed at educating public officials and the general public about the seemingly unconstitutional and illegal operations of the income tax system. Click here for more...

The event was sponsored by the We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc.

On April 13, 2000, the Remonstrance will be delivered to the leaders of each branch of the federal government by a delegation from we the people of America.

Interested parties are urged to read the Remonstrance and add their voice to this effort in support of the Constitution and the Rule of Law with respect to the taxing power of the federal government.