The Well-Meaning Dragon: Straight Answers to the Hardest Objections
By Kirk Carmichael · · 3 min read

Hopefully the title of this page caught your attention. This page is dedicated to the well-meaning dragons — the friends and family — in the lives of members of our community.
If you are fresh in your pursuit of the revelation that the Federal income tax system is voluntary, have now discovered there is a simple way to eliminate it, and are excited to share with others, then most likely you have run into immediate opposition. That surprising opposition very often comes from well-meaning family and friends who do not want to see something harmful happen to you.
My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.
— Hosea 4:6
This is a spiritual principle, and it is especially true when it comes to a Federal income tax that most people have never actually owed. You would think there would be an element of trust — that the person sharing has done real research and unearthed something valuable — but normally the opposite happens. Your family knows you as a fellow “taxpayer,” so you have no credit in their eyes, and the focus quickly shifts to “who has tricked you into getting into so much trouble?”
That is why we developed this page. Send your well-meaning dragon friends here to engage with the difficult subjects that people cling to first when rejecting the message. And if you are reading this right now as a well-meaning dragon in the life of somebody you love — we are genuinely glad you are here. We have accumulated these topics for you.
The Hard Questions
What about court cases? There are famous people who have gone to prison for income tax issues.
Yes, there have been — but isn’t knowing why they went to prison more important than just the fact that they went?
In each of those court cases, the person had signed Federal tax forms — entering themselves into the Federal jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. On top of that, they did not know the actual basis on which an action was being brought against them, and they did not know the remedy of the Revocation of Election. Watch the video below to understand why.
Everybody has to pay the income tax, correct? Why does everybody I know pay an income tax?
The problem — that you, along with most everybody you know, cannot discern the topic of a Federal income tax — is because the puzzle has been intentionally disguised, with no specificity as to whom the tax actually applies.
Watch this video as it relates to the intentional disguisement of the use of general terminology in the IRC code, so nobody questions it:
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