While our backs were turned
Posted in Of The People by R Lee Wrights on November 21st, 2006 by Ed Lewis
Our forefathers warned us that we must be always vigilant and protective of the freedom they gave us. They knew by the very nature of man that people put in positions of authority would abuse their authority. And, so it has been.
Not only are we in illegal military actions around the world, including the well-publicized and illegal invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, but also are in dozens of countries illegally.
Such are under the guise of “national security,” a phrase made up to justify illegal actions in other countries - and our own. Under it, no official in the federal government has to explain anything. And so we are kept in the dark, thereby securing the unlawful and illegal actions by the “national” government.
However, such does at times make the national news. Of course, such reporting is completely controlled by the federal government so that what the public in general receives is only what the federal government wants known in its action of misinforming the public.
It also serves as a distraction from what is going on locally, although whether this is intentional or not is not known by this writer. He presumes it is intentional because without local disinformation, the federal government would not have been able to secure its hold over the states and the people.
Take for example, property tax. There can be no direct tax laid on the people. Property ownership and freedom cannot be defined one without the other. Even Lincoln, one of the most corrupt men to ever fill the office of president, once stated that “I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men’s rights.”
Our Constitution - based on the Laws of God; the Magna Carta - based on the Laws of God; and the unanimous Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies - based on the Laws of God - all say the same thing. We as God’s creations are free to behave as we wish as long as we don’t interfere with the rights of others. We therefore are free to obtain private property as we wish without interference from government.
Private means not under control of the government. Therefore, you in your private capacity as an American Citizen are not under the control and authority of any government. You are only under the Laws of God, while all officials are under the Law of the supreme Law of the Land. In fact, government is to govern civil servants and artificial creations only, not to govern the people.
They - officials, that is - are also under the Laws of God and contractually so. Each must take a sacred Oath of Office, so help them God, that they will uphold the Constitution for the United States of America, the organic name for this document. Any that violates the Oath commit treason, defined as a violation of trust. They further aid and abet enemies of liberty, both known and unknown.
And, yet, local governments are charging people who own their homes “RENT” on their homes and other real estate gained lawfully and by right. Is it legal? Only if the owner volunteers his property as taxable property after full disclosure by local officials. Is it lawful? Only if the owner volunteers his property as taxable property following full disclosure by local officials.
In other words, without a proprietary interest in private property, local governments HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO LAY A TAX ON IT. Put simply, without a bona fide adhesion contract entered into knowingly (following full disclosure), willingly, and voluntarily, local governments cannot lay a tax on privately owned and acquired real estate or any of its appurtenances, or any other private property owned by any American Citizen.
Every state’s constitution must be written to mirror the U.S. Constitution as no state nor official of a state or its political subdivisions (cites and counties) can make any law repugnant to the Constitution for the United States of America. This means that every statute written that is contrary to the Constitution and the unalienable rights of the people does not apply to the American Citizen acting in his private capacity. Such applies only to artificial entities created by the corporate State Government, an artificial entity.
So is your local town or city government an artificial creation.
So is your local county government an artificial creation.
These are artificial “persons” created to control other artificial “persons” and to meet specific duties required by the people, such as maintenance of public property and rules concerning public property. However, these entities own nothing - the people own everything that is deemed “public property.”
Does being elected give any official authority over the Sovereign people - that’s you and me? No, not in the beginning and not now.
Does being elected give any official proprietary interest in private property owned by you and me? No, not in the beginning and not now.
Every laying of a tax on private property acquired by Rights and not privilege is done under color of authority. In other words, officials lie. This, of course, applies only to those who have been informed of the law in fact and substance.
The above documents prohibit the tax and unlawful one-sided seizures. In fact, the only way that private property can be seized is if it is done because of the property being gained through a crime committed by the owner. The rest of seizures, including demanding an annual tithe or rent on your residential property, are done through fraud.
The Missouri Constitution, for example, states clearly and simply that no execution or attachments can be made against “homesteads” while Missouri statutes define homestead as basically as one’s home, all appurtenances, and up to $8,000 of land around the residence.
What this all means is that an American Citizen’s home cannot be taken or any tax laid on it by any level of government. It may not be seized lacking due process and in relation to a crime. It may not be sold to get a tax not lawfully owed on it.
If your local electives and their ever present Bar attorneys tell you otherwise, they are lying to you - read the Constitution for the United States of America. Read the Declaration of Independence. Read your state’s constitution. We, the Sovereign American people, are above and beyond the laws made by men. Laws made by men apply only to artificial creations known as “persons”, not to the Sovereign people.
Pay property tax and you are aiding and abetting the enemies of liberty and all that our forefathers held dear - private property ownership and liberty from tyrannical despots.
The only exception to this is if you volunteer your property to be taxed after you have been fully informed of the law in fact and substance, or if you have signed a contract with the State and acquired your property through privileged acts as a corporation.
But, guess what. Even if your home was acquired as a corporate privilege, IT STILL MAY NOT BE SEIZED AS IT IS STILL A HOMESTEAD.
It is your home and is exempt from executions and attachments, and may not have a tax laid on it - it is EXEMPT, while our Unalienable Rights protect we who are not corporations or other artificial persons in law.
But, of course, your corrupted local officials don’t tell you any of this, do they?
Ed Lewis is a columnist at Liberty For All. Contact Mr. Lewis at elewis@shighway.com.
Kent McManigal said,
November 21, 2006 @ 2:42 pm
Not only will they not tell you this, but they will come to your house and kill you if you reist them long enough or enough times in their attempt to take what is rightfully yours.
tom said,
November 23, 2006 @ 11:35 pm
Great article, but a lot of the tax related parts should be checked against the foremost authority on taxation - Peter Hendrickson. For starters, income tax law does not hinge on such concepts as artificial persons or adhesion contracts. Hendrickson explains this quite well on his website.
The true deciding issue on income taxation is simply whether the activity that generated the income was a federally privileged activity or not. If so, then the tax is owed, whether you are a corporation, natural person, or artificial person. It doesn’t matter where you live, or what you call yourself.
Of course, there are many Americans who derive no income via federal privilege, and they should not be assuming that the law says they have to pay taxes without actually checking. Hendrickson really, thoroughly checked. Mr. Lewis is right, there is no law, but it doesn’t appear that way till you dig and dig through many confusing custom definitions, even to the anal point of trying to obscure the meaning and use of the word “includes.”
Bottom line - the author has the right attitude and the right basic idea, but I would still refer all interested to Hendrickson’s book and website, which have more detail and background than any other source I’ve found. As Hendrickson says, if we would just stick to the facts, we could win in a month.