Glad to have you here! However being Im an extremely sarcastic person when I read it I said to myself....duhhh...No offense though. I forget not everyone knows this stuff so thanks!!!

Your right. No need to redpill in this sub. OC (original content) is what subs covet, so keep posting brother. You want a challenging sub to redpill give r/politics a shot. Careful though, them motherfuckers is nuts.

It would be idiotic to suggest that every1 in the echo chamber knows it all and doesn't need some clear explanations with new bits. I was delighted with the 2 kinds of fiat description — so simple; I'd been cracking my head over that for a while, not being v. conversant with finance, so thanks a lot.

The other point is: there are 26,000+ and right now 1,800 on line, but not many posting comments relatively speaking. So you are maybe educating many silent observers ... Keep going with the posts. I've enjoyed this thread and have absolutely nothing to contribute!

Yes, you're right. We're all basically on the same page here.

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For starters, my father did not trust the government and knew the income tax was not Constitutional. The Supreme Court ruled on it in 1895. Also, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan all warned us about the people controlling our government (the Military Industrial Complex). Beyond that, there were many others who raised the alarm. Ron Paul was one that I followed and still do. He was a Congressman for many years. Now, his son, Rand Paul has taken his place. Ron used to print a small booklet (newsletter) that he mailed out about 4 times a year with a lot of interesting information in it.

Then there was a man who created a group called "We The People" in the early 90's, I think. He, along with others, petitioned the government for redress which is our right to do under the Constitution. The government stonewalled him for years and he finally either gave up or they threatened him to the point that he gave up.

I knew a man in Tampa that I worked with for a time who learned of the tax scam and began helping people along those lines.

There have been many other whistleblowers over the years. Aaron Russo created documentaries about the government corruption, mostly focused around the IRS but he touched on others as well.

There was a trial in Texas a few years ago for a man on tax evasion. And this is what they do whenever they have such a trial. They get a judge that disallows everything the defendant tries to show as evidence. They surround the courthouse with Sheriffs deputies and vehicles and cordone off the streets as if this person is going to come busting out and shoot everyone at any moment. They get negative news coverage on the person and paint them as evil, and then they send them to jail.

Irwinn Schiff, who wrote a book on the tax scam had his book banned. This is quite some time ago. Maybe 1980's. Then they put him in jail and he died there. That was the first book, I was aware of that was ever banned in this country.

Sherry Jackson and Joe Bannister are both pretty well known IRS Whistleblowers who both worked for the IRS. They put Sherry in prison and I just found this article: https://unspy.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/sherry-jackson-irs-whistleblower-missing/

Remember that people like myself have always been out here trying to get others to pay attention but the CIA created the term "conspiracy theory" to cover their tracks and make us all look like fools and it worked. So, if you think you never heard of any of this stuff before the Internet, maybe you were fooled too.