Watched Freedom to Fascism. Amazing! I give my listers a 10 minute thumbnail sketch of the segment dealing with the income tax. Watch it for FREE here: www.freedomtofascism.com
This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video explains why a value-added tax would be a dangerous money machine for big government. The evidence from Europe also shows that VATs actually lead to higher income taxes. www.freedomandprosperity.org
Video Rating: 4 / 5
waterchildtera
December 23, 2010 at 2:48 am
your birth cert makes you a corporation by treachery
and signing up for social security makes you liable through treachery
it is all a lie to make you a slave and not free
wellifthemediasaysit
December 23, 2010 at 3:06 am
retsquids a shill, copy and pasting like mad
zentner18
December 23, 2010 at 3:34 am
When you are shown the law time and time again, why should it be shown to you an tenth time or a hundreth time. If you ask my name five times and I give it to you and then you ask it again and I say I’m not going to give it to you, according to your logic, I have no name.
asicit2b
December 23, 2010 at 3:38 am
The “Individual” What, is listed under “NORMAL” taxes and Surtaxes
Study what is meant by “NORMAL”
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 3:55 am
@heffer84
“I still need to research it myself,”
Yes, you obviously do. My comments have been shot AT, never DOWN.
heffer84
December 23, 2010 at 4:13 am
Pay no attention to RetSquid. He’s either on the IRS payroll or he’s some other paid shill. No normal person goes to income tax videos to try convince people they owe tax. I still need to research it myself, but RetSquid’s comments have been shot down over and over and it’s clear its an agent or troll or someone else working for the people. PAY NO ATTENTION TO RETSQUID!
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 5:01 am
@MrEurowolf
Income defined in Title 26:
(1) Compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items;
(2) Gross income derived from business;
(3) Gains derived from dealings in property;
(4) Interest;
(5) Rents;
(6) Royalties;
(7) Dividends;
(8) Alimony and separate maintenance payments;
(9) Annuities;
(10) Income from life insurance and endowment contracts;
(11) Pensions;
(12) Income from discharge of indebtedness….
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 5:05 am
@MrEurowolf
You profile says you are from the U.S., so section 1441 does not apply to you in any way, nor does 7701(b)(1)(B)…or the ‘861 argument’…
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 5:58 am
@MrEurowolf
TITLE 26 > Subtitle A > CHAPTER 1 > Subchapter B > PART I >
§ 61. Gross income defined
General definition
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, gross income means all income from whatever source derived, including (but not limited to) the following items:
Compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 6:47 am
Person is the generic term; it usually refers to human beings; when it is extended to include other entities…they are included in the definition of person and…the term individual is applied to human beings. Petitioners are individuals within the meaning of the IRC. The fact that the term individual is not defined in the IRC is also of no moment. As previously stated, words in the IRC have their commonly accepted meanings as used in common speech.
Liddane v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 1998-259
MrEurowolf
December 23, 2010 at 7:04 am
@RetSquid the Federal Regulations do define individual:
26 CFR 1.1441-1 Requirement for deduction and withholding of tax on payments to foreign persons.
(c) Definitions
(3) Individual.
(i) Alien individual. The term alien individual means an individual who is not a citizen…
(ii) Nonresident alien individual. The term nonresident alien individual means a person described in section 7701(b)(1)(B), an alien individual who is…
i am not an individual
MrEurowolf
December 23, 2010 at 7:16 am
@RetSquid
MrEurowolf
December 23, 2010 at 8:06 am
@RetSquid your logic is backwards, it is not what is exempted rather what is defined as that is applicable, and what is not included is exempted. You must be a product of the public school system
Blacks Law Dictionary defines the legal principle inclusio unius est exclusio alterius as dictating that where law expressly describes a particular situation to which it shall apply, an irrefutable inference must be drawn that what is omitted or excluded was intended to be omitted or excluded.
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 8:18 am
@MrEurowolf
“The term taxpayer means any person subject to any internal revenue tax.”
And “Individuals” have the tax imposed on them, so what is your point? There are no “activities” listed in the law, every kind of income is taxable unless specifically exempted.
MrEurowolf
December 23, 2010 at 8:41 am
@RetSquid Nice try with the words of art. Keyword =Taxpayer
As the US Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled, it only applies to activities specifically called out in the law; to persons having taxable income. Persons made liable for an income tax in the Code; persons defined in Section 7701(a)14 as Taxpayers.
RetSquid
December 23, 2010 at 9:34 am
@MrEurowolf Taxpayers’ argument that compensation for labor is not constitutionally subject to the federal income tax is without merit. There is no constitutional impediment to levying an income tax on compensation for a taxpayer’s laborsthe term income includes the compensation a taxpayer receives in return for services rendered. Taxpayers’ argument that wages received for services are not taxable as income is clearly frivolous. Funk v. Commissioner
MrEurowolf
December 23, 2010 at 10:28 am
We would do violence to the plain meaning of the statute and restrict a clear legislative attempt to bring the taxing power to bear upon all receipts constitutionally taxable were we to say that the payments in question here are not gross income. See Helvering v. Midland Mutual Life Ins. Co., supra, at 300 U. S. 223.
Key words “constitutionally taxable”
and glenshaw glass relates to corporate “statutory creatures” not flesh and blood private citizens
matrixm777
December 23, 2010 at 11:22 am
Keep truth alive!!
Goofy8687
December 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm
There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of— yeah, the problem is, your taxable income is that from interest, or investments appreciation of your possessions, not your labor.
captnkirk4
December 23, 2010 at 12:43 pm
I say beat taxation buy turbo tax. It help Giethner
captnkirk4
December 23, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Hey guys and gals everyone has to pay taxes except CHARLIE RANGEL
asicit2b
December 23, 2010 at 2:21 pm
TAKE NOTICE
25K penalties for “frivolous” arguments
Tax denier
What kind of “person” talks like that ? Yep.
Frivolous is a good study.Double speak.
freenow77
December 23, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Gal, you are the one who is irrational. The court never said what you said it said. The Constitution says no such thing. The Constitution does not say anything about what “income” is. You simply make shit up out of thin air. No you are not stupid. You are beyond stupid. You are delusional. Seek help.
averageworkinggal
December 23, 2010 at 2:53 pm
dumbdumberandnowdumbest77,
you not worth the time of anyone who’s rational.
You’re clearly not rational.
You were given the names of the two SCOTUS case to go read and were told to go read them.
You chose to continue to make a fool of yourself.
I’m not stupid like you, so I just ignore phony ‘offers’ from crackpots who would never pay up.
freenow77
December 23, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Gal, you have done nothing to earn the $500. No Court has ever said that the “the Constitution says that given the all embracing nature of the tax law written by Congress, absent an exemption written in the code all income is included…” No Court said this because the Constitution does not say this! You are RETARDED!! YOU are the one who cannot read. In fact, you simply make stuff up! Something is wrong with your brain. You really appear to be delusional.
claudialepo
December 23, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Don`t worry, Hungary reached you! 25%
claudialepo
December 23, 2010 at 3:54 pm
@MigDanskeren Don`t worry, Hungary reached you! 25%
claudialepo
December 23, 2010 at 4:08 pm
@MigDanskeren don`worry…Hungary reached you! (25%)
claudialepo
December 23, 2010 at 4:12 pm
@MigDanskeren Don`t worry, Hungary reached you (25% as well)
claudialepo
December 23, 2010 at 4:36 pm
@MigDanskeren Don`t worry, Hungary reached you (25% as well)
hasanlolane
December 23, 2010 at 4:59 pm
also have a great sense of humor naneedj.info
anlzd
December 23, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Australia has a GST since 1980s, and overall tax burden hasn’t increased. Usually basic food/medicine/rent necessities are excluded or on a much lower rate. High income earners consume more and higher priced items, therefor paying more (ie, luxury goods, cars). A threshold for income taxes should be implemented, where no one earning under a prescribed amount should pay income tax at all (in Australia i think its about 12,000USD), this should result in less enforcement, less government.
lostbuffalo
December 23, 2010 at 6:06 pm
DOUBLE TAXATION HIDDEN WITHIN FRAUD OF COMPLEX DESCRIPTION.
FICA is a payroll tax. It is on the act of paying earned income opening the door for double taxation.
A VAT is a performance tax on labor + earned income
Sales tax on a service is VAT collected at the time of sale. the methods of tabulation and collection are different but the thing taxed is the same
The sales tax on services and the VAT are the same and tax the production of earned income.
Neither apply to capital gains they tax labor
BrianAlexanderDell
December 23, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Republicans need to stop propagating the totally discredited “starve the beast” doctrine and actually cut spending. Mitch McConnell refused to support a deficit commission because it would actually mean cuts instead of just TALKING about cuts like this guy and the rest of the GOP.
BrianAlexanderDell
December 23, 2010 at 6:32 pm
The suggestion that Europe’s corporate rate is currently higher than the US is wrong.
What the speaker also does not seem to appreciate is that deficit financed government is government at a discount and accordingly more popular government. If you want smaller government then increase taxes so that people know what big government actually feels like. A value added tax is a lot more investment and entrepreneur friendly than corporate tax.
harrisonconstantinou
December 23, 2010 at 6:58 pm
@harrisonconstantinou vat is gst just a different name
harrisonconstantinou
December 23, 2010 at 7:22 pm
5% canada vat
NewsChat
December 23, 2010 at 8:10 pm
A VAT tax is a horrible idea for America.
DeezilB
December 23, 2010 at 8:57 pm
here in the uk VAT is only at 17.5 % but still its bullshit
FireHicks26
December 23, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I also agree. As tax burdens keep increasing, what is going to happen eventually in the future? Government is reactive in the here and now, but are they considering (or care about) what is going to happen in the future when they are no longer in office? What will happen to our economy when it gets so out of control that we finally reach a breaking point? It scares me because at this rate, I know that I will live to see the ramifications.
tutorturtle
December 23, 2010 at 9:56 pm
VAT is yet another tax that disproportionally hurts poor people, the poorer you are, the more profoundly you will be hurt. More jobs will leave the country, and less likely entrepreneurs will start a new venture.
VAT is regressive, suicidal and promotes Total Absolute Government Control, no wonder “Progressives” find it so irresistible. It sucks the freedom out of life.
uzimodem
December 23, 2010 at 10:54 pm
libturds have a boner about taxes…jeez
tommag82
December 23, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Then they wonder why businesses and jobs are leaving the country in droves. We now have more government jobs than manufacturing jobs.
quizerry
December 24, 2010 at 12:03 am
It is another hidden tax that raises prices on all products and services. The Government waste billions of tax dollars a year. The average house hold spends $8000 in regulatory and hidden tax already. If the Federal and States can not balance their budgets they don’t deserve one penny more of our hard earned dollars.
luke19631963
December 24, 2010 at 12:32 am
@MigDanskeren And I wonder what value you get from your govt for all those high taxes, not much I gather just like here in the USA. Taxes are nothing more than a transfer of wealth.
Psychosmurf547
December 24, 2010 at 1:23 am
@666789443 Well what do you think?
wogdoggy
December 24, 2010 at 1:38 am
get busy this fall vote out a dummycrat in 2010
cjellwood
December 24, 2010 at 2:11 am
read the small print because VAT is a massive scam to get illegal tax revenue from consumers through business accounting. 70% of people that pay VAT are not eligable to pay VAT but they do because it has been added to their final value bill
maggie1715
December 24, 2010 at 2:55 am
Just another way to pick your wallet for their big government programs. they will dime us to death.
MigDanskeren
December 24, 2010 at 3:27 am
@luciferiexcelsil
46k in the US.
The thing is that GDP includes public consumption and as Denmark has a lot of wasteful public consumption the GDP is artificially high, but people are no better off regardless of these inflated numbers.
The other problem is that even a more honest representation of production is not worth very much to the people if government takes more than half.