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SO HOW'S IRWIN DOING?

October 18, 2005

We have been going about our day-to-day business blissfully unaware of tax protestor honesty movement adherent Irwin Schiff's courtroom battle in Las Vegas. Mr. Schiff has authored a small library of tax-protest books. He has suffered the ultimate indignity of having royalties of his book saying the federal income tax is invalid garnished to pay those "invalid" taxes. He has also served time for tax fraud.

Now Mr. Schiff stands trial on criminal tax evasion and conspiracy charges. His fans say that Mr. Schiff continues to dominate the trial with his crushing logic:

Secondly, Irwin Schiff doesn't merely "claim" that paying INDIVIDUAL income taxes is voluntary, he illustrates it very clearly in black and white, using the IRS's own tax code book and the majority decision of multiple Supreme Court cases.

That seems unlikely, but if he can blow enough smoke to confuse a juror or two, that may be enough.

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