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"What I Discovered" by Joseph R. Banister
Joe explains how he first heard the arguments against the federal income tax and how he set out to prove them wrong. He thought this would be a simple task, but soon found himself presented with a moral dilemma: continue in his career and ignore the evidence that showed there was no law that requires people to file income tax returns and pay the resulting tax or retire. His is a fascinating story. Read more about Mr. Banister at www.freedomabovefortune.com If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from
us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch
down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set
lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen." -Samuel Adams
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POKERFACE |
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Joseph R. Banister is believed to be the first Internal Revenue
Service Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent ever
to discover alleged wrong-doing in the administration and
enforcement of the federal income tax and then confront his
superiors and top officials in the IRS about those allegations
and his belief that taxpayer rights were being violated. After
confronting top IRS officials with the results contained in
his investigative report, his inquiries were summarily rebuffed
and he was encouraged to resign. He resigned on February 25th,
1999. Mr. Banister is a graduate of San Jose State University.
He became a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in
1991 but left the practice of public accounting in 1993 to
accept appointment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
IRS Criminal Investigation Division, as a Special Agent (Criminal
Investigator). In addition to his investigative duties as
a sworn federal law enforcement officer, Mr. Banister was
the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (O.C.D.E.T.F.)
and Asset Forfeiture Coordinator for the IRS Central California
District. He also assisted with firearms and defensive tactics
training, as well as community outreach. Since leaving the
IRS, Mr. Banister has worked closely with Bob Schulz and the
We The People Foundation to pressure our elected representatives
to investigate and correct the deceitful and often destructive
tactics used by the agency against innocent, hard-working
Americans. COMMENTS ON HEARING/EVIDENCE If each American takes the time, as I did, to investigate the
way in which the IRS administers and enforces the federal
income tax, I believe the evidence will absolutely shock their
conscience and cause them to immediately join the effort to
end this terrible blight on the American tradition of liberty
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