RE: ECON: Eliezer's calls

From: Billy Brown (bbrown@transcient.com)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 17:00:16 MST


Michael S. Lorrey wrote:

> People don't realize that at least
> half of the power that the IRS has over you is simply due to the fact that
> people have been trained to BELEIVE that the IRS has power over
> them, kind of like Freddy Kruger.
<snip>
> Refusing to incriminate yourself via your 5th amendment rights is your
sheild
> against their opressive confiscation.

Like I said before, I'm sure barter could be an effective technique for
getting away with tax evasion. My point, however, was that simply using
barter instead of cash changes nothing at all about the legality of failing
to report any given transaction. If you want to give it a try that's
certainly your call, but less intrepid souls should be aware of the fact
that simply avoiding money doesn't exempt them from prosecution.

Billy Brown
bbrown@transcient.com



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