Spideynw wrote:Famspear wrote:The federal judge is not the "employee" of the tax collector.
Um, as far as I know, the state is always the opposing party and the judge works for the state. Not only that, but his pay is directly influenced by whether or not I am forced to pay or not! How long would judges stay employed by the United States government if they said no one has to pay taxes?!!! If you cannot see the conflict of interest, than I don't know how else I can point it out to you. And I don't see how I can get a fair trial if there is a conflict of interest.
ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST
But, the U.S.Constitution provides that the salaries of ART. III judges cannot be reduced. Therefore, if a judge were to rule that the income tax laws are not lawful (or not constitutional), and if the Supreme Court were to affirm that ruling, Congress and the Executive would just have to find a way to pay the judges from other sources of income.
In other words, there is no conflict of interest.
ABOUT JUDCIAL SALARIES AS COMPARED TO LEGAL SALARIES
Also, since the top salary of all judcial offices in the U. S. System is the approximately $224,000 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court makes, being a federal judge is -- in economic terms -- not much of a job. New lawyers at the big city/New York firms now start at about $175,000 or a little more or a little less immediately out of law school. This is more than federal district judges and Tax Court judges make. Most partners at New York law firms and many at smaller firms easily make $1.0 a year, and the super-star lawyers in New York are now making about $5.0 million a year.
In San Antonio, Texas, there are a number of $1.0 to $2.0 million dollar a year lawyers.
ABOUT JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
Since federal judges and tax court judges regularly rule against the IRS and other agencies, and some have been known to sanction the IRS and other agencies, I suspect our little Spidey has never read any case law or been in a courtroom.
ABOUT THE "ILLEGALITY OF THE INCOME TAX"
No legitimate commentator has ever suggested the the Income Tax is unlawful as a whole, although there is much debate about enforcement, particular items, etc. By legitimate commentator, I mean a law professor, accounting professor, ex-U.S. Judge, etc. I do not mean self-educated idiots like Schiff or Rose or PH.
If the income tax laws are unlawful, and the work of folks like those mentioned above is "correct," why hasn't someone with skin in the game (like Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or even me, with a six-figure tax bill) out trying to force the courts to admit the truth?