On April 15th, people from all over the country met in
Washington DC and delivered a packet of documents to all 535 members of
Congress. Each packet included letters from constituents respectfully
asking Congress to fix the problem of the fraudulent and illegal income
tax, and a record of the Citizens’ Truth-In-Taxation Hearing (which was
held on February 27th and 28th).
Approximately 3300 such constituent letters were hand delivered to
the offices of the congressmen. In each case, an aide to the congressman
was made to sign a form signifying his/her receipt of the materials. In
each case, the person who delivered the packet signed a proof of service
form.
The purpose of the activity was to put each and every congressman in
the position of NOT being able to claim he/she did not know about the
People's petition for redress of grievances regarding the income tax.
There exists no excuse for not knowing the causes which impelled the
people to eventually engage in civil action against the income tax.
Something very strange is going on.
An astonishing 470 congressmen, including Senators Hillary Clinton
and Charles Schumer from New York, have decided to ignore their
constituents altogether, by not responding - at all - to the thousands of
constituent letters that were hand delivered to their DC offices.
After two months, this Foundation is aware of only 65 congressmen who
have "responded" to their receipt of the April 15th demand
letter and record of the Hearing. As can be seen in their
correspondence, the congressmen have ignored the sum and substance of
the petitions they received from their constituents.
No congressman has directly addressed the substantive legal evidence
and sworn testimony from the Hearing.
No congressman has directly responded to the petitions for redress as
manifest in the constituents’ letters.
No congressman reviewed the record of the Hearing.
What is painfully obvious is the fact that each and every congressman
has treated the packet as they would a very, very hot potato --- they
are unwilling to handle it.
If the subject matter was not a matter so critical to our nation,
many of the congressional
responses would indeed be laughable.
On April 28th, this Foundation posted the first three
letters received from Congressmen. See our previous article entitled, "
Congress
Begins to Respond: Early Returns Deserve Censure."
On May 15th, we posted the letters received by
constituents from eighteen other Congressmen. See our previous
article entitled, "More
Congressmen Respond. More of the Same: Insolence."
Since May 15th, we have received copies of
"responses" from forty-four other Congressmen. These we post herein for
the record.
Congress has "responded." History will judge its
responsiveness.
We the People are left with two questions:
- Why are our elected representatives acting this way? And,
- What must a free people do when faced with a government that
will not respond to the People's petitions nor justify behavior that is
clearly an abuse of its legal authority?
In answer to the first question, Bob Schulz suggests that each
congressman has been told - in no uncertain terms - by his party leaders
that, "Nothing, not even the Constitution, can be allowed to get in the
way of revenue collection or the continuation of the 'status quo'."
In answer to the second question, please be advised that in our next
article we will detail what we believe to be appropriate reactions for
the People to take. NOTE: You may want to
leave your calendar open from Veteran's Day to Thanksgiving
In closing, we remind everyone that in order to be effective, the People's
reply will have to be undertaken by the numbers. Once again, this will
require county-by-county organization and personal commitment. It is the We The People Congress
that will enable and facilitate this nationwide, collective effort.
If you haven’t already done so,
please
join the People's Congress and consider volunteering to be a county
or state coordinator.
The most recent congressional responses follow. To view a response,
click on the congressman’s name.
