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Originally posted by charles1952
reply to post by TheMatrixusesYou
Dear TheMatrixusesYou,
Thank you for your response to my post, you are absolutely right, I did not read the entire thread.
May I please try to explain to you what I was thinking and why I responded as I did?
I read the first four pages of what sounded to me like panic and rage. The Opening Post basically said "The sky is falling for freedom in the US." This was a dramatic and important claim so I went to the quoted source. That article had no links, so I started looking for myself and found that the headline for this thread was false.
I am not a brilliant researcher, so I was sure that the minds on ATS would have picked up on this right away and the interest in the thread would die down. After looking at four pages, and the last page, I saw no mention of the fact that Americans were exempt from this law.
I am surprised, since you say the exemption has been mentioned several times, that people are still expressing rage and dismay over a false headline.
As far as the frog and boiling water example goes, you are quite correct, that can happen. But why should we fight the government on battles like this when it only makes us look uninformed? It's a little like starting a thread saying a new law will require us to make milk blue. When it's pointed out that the law won't do that, someone would follow up by saying "Ok, but what about Monsanto and TPTB who are trying to control our population by killing us off? That's the real issue."
I do apologize for not reading the entire thread, but other than that I think my criticism is fully justified.
With respect,
Charles1952
Originally posted by ofhumandescent
reply to post by TheMatrixusesYou
Smart....................inch by inch TPTB are stripping our freedoms away............but most people just can't or won't see it happening.
By the time they do it will be to late.
Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
There is another similar thread running.......
perhaps they should be combined into one?edit on 27-11-2011 by CosmicCitizen because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bjarneorn
Originally posted by PrimePorkchop
reply to post by ThatGuy45
You either "go with the flow" or run against it. If you choose the latter, then I say you get exactly what you deserve.
I think you should pack your bags, and move back to China. You obviously don't want to live in the free world, and honestly .... you don't have to either. :-)
Sec. 3402(p)(3). Authority for other voluntary withholding.
The Secretary is authorized by regulations to provide for withholding-
(A) from remuneration for services performed by an employee for the employee's employer which (without regard to this paragraph) does not constitute wages, and
(B) from any other type of payment with respect to which the Secretary finds that withholding would be appropriate under the provisions of this chapter, IF THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE, OR THE PERSON MAKING AND THE PERSON RECEIVING SUCH OTHER TYPE OF PAYMENT AGREE TO SUCH WITHHOLDING. Such agreement shall be in such form and manner as the Secretary may by regulations prescribe. For purposes of this chapter (and so much of subtitle F as relates to this chapter), remuneration or other payments with respect to which such agreement is made shall be treated AS IF THEY WERE WAGES PAID BY AN EMPLOYER TO AN EMPLOYEE to the extent that such remuneration is paid or other payments are made during the period for which the agreement is In effect.
Note that the Secretary is authorized to provide for withholding by issuing tables computational procedures and other instructional material on withholding that apply ONLY to those who have VOLUNTARILY AGREED to withholding. An agreement exists only when an individual who is hired voluntarily REQUESTS that money be deducted and withheld from his pay for payment of taxes and the one for whom he works completes the agreement by his VOLUNTARY act of collecting money as an unpaid tax collector for the government.
Despite the general mistaken belief that the deduction and withholding of money for taxes is required by law, a simple reading of this code section shows that such is not the case. Mandatory withholding would conflict with two key provisions in the U.S. Constitution: the Fifth Amendment right to due process states that no person shall be deprived of property (having his pay withheld) without due process of law (a ruling by a court) and the Thirteenth Amendment prohibition against slavery or involuntary servitude, such as being forced to be an unpaid worker (slavery) or an unpaid Federal tax collector.
Read people, do some research, if we all just got this going and got on the same page.....
the government can not lock up those who have founded the government. It can not ENACT any statute or ordinance that would violate the publics natural right!!!!! Null and Void.