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26 USC §7203 [Willful Failure to File]:
Any person required under this title to pay any estimated tax or tax, or required by this title or by regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax, make such return, keep such records, or supply such information, at the time or times required by law or regulations, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both
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26 USC §7343 [Definition of the term "Person"]:
The term ''person'' as used in this chapter [chapter 75] includes an officer or employee of a corporation, or a member or employee of a partnership, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs.
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Based on this definition, an ordinary American Citizen who is under no duty to perform any act on behalf of another, under the internal revenue laws of the United States, is not a "person" for the purposes of Willful Failure to File.....

a case titled Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad wherein it was the unanimous decision of the US Supreme Court that the 16th amendment did not give Congress any new power to tax any new subjects; it merely tried to simplify the way in which the tax was imposed. It also showed that the income tax was in fact an excise tax on corporate privileges and privileged occupations. The defense then brought out a case entitled Flint v. Stone Tracy wherein an excise tax was defined as a tax being laid upon the manufacture, sale and consumption of commodities within the country; upon licenses to pursue certain occupations; and upon corporate privileges.

Here's a golden oldie. This thread covers some ground....

I know America is still a young country and the population growth since 1776 has been colossal. A phenomena I would suggest. The mixture of people is quite extraordinary. But when the president (leader of the most powerful nation in the world) shouts 'God bless America', do the Americans not feel this kind of isolates themselves from the rest of the world? To me it does create a barrier on a superficial level though I know deep down we are all the same, fellow travellers on the same spacetime train.

Just about sums it up, and for all other flags as well. We have to rescue the poor bankers, but every one else can starve, die due to lack of health care or just suffer but we can always afford to fight wars.

Alan