Can anyone get a hold of the defense narrative and sources used by the defense attorney? His name is Lowell Becraft, of Huntsville Alabama. This needs to be assembled and distributed to as many people as possible. I am assuming that this means all personal and business taxes between 1913 and 1985, and later, if it was never ratified 'properly'.
'Larry Becraft, the attorney in the case referenced in the memo who is mistakenly identified in it as "Lowell Bercraft," also told the Daily Herald the document was a forgery, stating that he tried to argue that the 16th Amendment was not valid but lost the case. He also pointed out that the "memo" gave the wrong first name for the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, Roger Duncan.'
Great link, fren, but USA Today implies a mistake itself: actually, Lowell and Larry is the same Becraft, and this copy of the memo has no misspelling "Bercraft".
The data on the 16th amendment was collected by Bill Benson, who found material irregularities in every state's ratification of the 16th amendment, but the courts' position is that these irregularities are like many others that do not detract from the intent of the law and legislators. So, what Becraft calls a dead issue.
Either way, 16th Ammendment suits are now considered frivolous and dismissed without further consideration. Properly ratified or not, the state now depends on those taxes, and will happily kill or cage any squeaky wheels in their money machine.
Can anyone get a hold of the defense narrative and sources used by the defense attorney? His name is Lowell Becraft, of Huntsville Alabama. This needs to be assembled and distributed to as many people as possible. I am assuming that this means all personal and business taxes between 1913 and 1985, and later, if it was never ratified 'properly'.
'Larry Becraft, the attorney in the case referenced in the memo who is mistakenly identified in it as "Lowell Bercraft," also told the Daily Herald the document was a forgery, stating that he tried to argue that the 16th Amendment was not valid but lost the case. He also pointed out that the "memo" gave the wrong first name for the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, Roger Duncan.'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/02/16/irs-memo-taxes-illegal-16th-amendment/72622193007/
Great link, fren, but USA Today implies a mistake itself: actually, Lowell and Larry is the same Becraft, and this copy of the memo has no misspelling "Bercraft".
The data on the 16th amendment was collected by Bill Benson, who found material irregularities in every state's ratification of the 16th amendment, but the courts' position is that these irregularities are like many others that do not detract from the intent of the law and legislators. So, what Becraft calls a dead issue.
Either way, 16th Ammendment suits are now considered frivolous and dismissed without further consideration. Properly ratified or not, the state now depends on those taxes, and will happily kill or cage any squeaky wheels in their money machine.
Businesses may be a different matter
This is old news. The attorney just used the evidence that has always existed to push it.
There are many books about this. One pretty good book is: Fruit from a poisonous vine.
Another is Great American Adventure by Judge Dale.