How To Resist Federal Income Tax

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SWAN SONG - A BLOG VACATION IS LIKELY.

What more can be said?

REVOLT or PAY UP!

The ball is in YOUR court, Queer Taxpayers AND "Allies".

NEWEST UPDATE @ 9 PM ~ March 19th, 2009 at the bottom of this post

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Q's may individually respond to our government's crimes against our family by withholding tax in LEGAL ways or "not-so-much" ways. *

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* I use "not-so-much" since the law-of-the-land is a SICK JOKE to any American living on the flip side of equality. Click "Respect U.S. Law?!" for my thoughts on society's "laws".

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YOU are the Master of Your Domain.

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YOUR HANDS CONTROL ... YOUR WALLET.

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How to Stop Paying Federal Income Tax LEGALLY

- from THE PICKET LINE:

This “how-to” guide is designed to introduce you to a way to stop paying federal income tax in the United States, legally and by-the-book, by keeping your taxable income low and by qualifying for certain credits. More [here]

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You may fear the boogieman from the I.R.S., but you certainly do NOT have to comply in any way with this abusive, persecuting government or its I.R.S. henchmen (and henchwomen) [nod to FZ].

Let the

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Exalted Heterosexuals

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Pay ALL Taxes.

I personally feel ABSOLUTELY ZERO responsibility to this country today. I complied with U.S. law my entire life. I followed the rules, I paid my taxes each year (I think I deserve a REFUND for 1983-2004), but too many governmental walls have repeatedly prevented me from doing what I was put on this planet to do - Empower Young Children to Make Music.

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So I'm out, U.S. taxpayers.

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No Duty to any Jury.

No Duty to the I.R.S.

No Duty to America.

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The I.R.S. can go F. themselves.

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Without "Astroglide" ®

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I'm sorry, did I sound bitter above?

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Quick Update for New Readers:

Please realize, I used to sit on the floor with 3-4 year old children at the Bellingham Preschool of the Arts and sing, chant, move, and play in developmentally-appropriate ways. I used to facilitate a 3-year-old's beat awareness & rhythmic development, stimulate their imagination through possibilities, and nurture their overall self-expression as an artist. I also used to teach piano to school-aged children at the adjacent Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth, and have considered music teaching to be my life's work for the past 20 years. For 15 years I've been immersed in piano pedagogy and early-childhood development to sharpen and broaden my skills; I took the responsibility of teaching children aged 3-9 very seriously. I was a "Music & Movement Specialist", but ANYONE who interacts with this age group knows the importance of this work; it is our future.

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I used to play the piano at church every Sunday and performed piano music that (hopefully) inspired a Christ-like consciousness and enhanced the overall worship experience for the congregation. I loved sharing music at a local elementary school, hospital, and food bank (all in Kirkland), esp. Christmas piano music. I used to be a contributing, valued member of society. I used to be self-sufficient and NOT living on YOUR tax dollars; I used to get paid between $60-120/hr. for my musical performance and teaching skills. Before I was unable to work in 2004-2005, I was making the most money of my adult life (and contributing more to the federal tax base). I was able to commit to a Sunday church gig, maintain a filled piano studio, teach preschool music & movement, accompany a few choirs, and toss in a bass gig ever now and then. I was also ABLE TO volunteer in my community in ways that I can no longer do. I was far from "perfect", but I thought I was doing everything "right" as a U.S. citizen and taxpayer.

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I used to be able to work.

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I used to NOT be a Raving Acti-pist who sits here, blogs to cope with P.T.S.D., and surely sounds one sssSSSsnap away from LoOnEy-ToOnEy LAND.

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But then again,

I used to believe I had

Equal Opportunity for

Life, Liberty, and the

Pursuit of Happiness.

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I used to believe I had

Equal Protection under the Law.

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I used to believe we actually had a

Separation of Church and State in the

United States of America.

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I never dreamed my own experiences with

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INEQUALITY

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would DISRUPT & HARM the very children

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I loved and taught...AGAIN.

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Boy....was I horribly, horribly wrong.

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UPDATE ~ March 19th, 2009 -

To my regular readers, "hi". All 3 of you. Pardon this stream-of-babble addendum, but I only want to do this once and get it out and be done.

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I'm not well. I haven't been since November, worse since January (closing my studio), and since my first attempt at disability and denial - much worse. It's a HOPE thing.

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When I started blogging I never planned on how THE PROP 8 CRIME would affect me as a private music teacher. You see, a music studio is a sacred space of sorts, particularly when teaching the 3-7 age group. Children need SAFETY first, and I'm not merely referring to avoiding sharp objects. A preschool music environment needs to be SAFE, inviting, and comfortable, with an atmosphere of LOVE, support, nurture, and encouragement. Parents, usually Moms (but in the past 10 years more Dads), enter the studio with their young child. We sit on the floor. We sing. We dance. As a "teacher", but I prefer to call it "facilitator", I lead and follow as we experience beat, rhythm, movement, shape, color, and sound. When done right - it can be magical.

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But this space also needs to be SAFE for the teacher, and on November 6th, 2008, after entering my music studio, after months of SCREAMING "Stop This Madness" over PROP 8, I felt paralyzed by fear-pain when I realized this REALITY - Some of the children's parents that I interacted with on a spiritual/musical level could possibly vote AGAINST my family. A teacher in AMERICA should never, EVER have to ask that kind of question.

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THIS is the question I want answered.

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Why Am I The Only One Here Screaming "THIS IS WRONG". Not "let's take a vote on it"-wrong but rather "take to the streets and set police cars on fire"-wrong.

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MASS UPHEAVAL

RIOT

REVOLT AGAINST ABUSE

• Governmental Psychological Warfare
• Government Shrugged
• What About the Children?
• What About The Children? - PART 2

My point? I'm letting this blog sit for a while. I'm still torn between separating my own story from it and leaving it as a Cyber Cheerleader for EQUALITY TAX REVOLT, or leaving it as is. I do think my own story is important, but arguing "divorce equality" isn't as strong as a sell, despite the outrageous abuses the lack of protection insures. But either way, thinking about or discussing Equality right now feels more harmful than helpful. Perhaps obsessively following a battle that affected my own family seems extreme, but WOULD YOU WANNA SWITCH SHOES, HETEROS? Have YOU experinced a state voting against YOUR family? STOP THE EXCUSES! You are shitting on ALL Queer Americans with ALL of the inequalities - Employment - Housing - Hate Crimes - Marriage - Adoption - Military - are you kidding me?!?

YOU EXPECT TAX COMPLIANCE?

FUCK YOU.

I may be dragged away in a straitjacket screaming this QUESTION (click on it) but I cannot understand WHY we allowed this vote-to-take-away-rights process in America in the first place.

IT FEELS INHUMAN.

ANTI-America, at best.

HETEROS - Again - FUCK YOU. Not one of you has stepped forward enough to make any difference, despite that we are your sons, mothers, uncles, friends, and co-workers. Enjoy your rights, but PAY OUR TAXES.

QUEERS - FUCK (most of) YOU ALSO. Except for Charles Merrill and a few others who GET IT. Too many of you are so privileged you cannot fathom the kind of discrimination that harms and kills other lives. Too many of you are sheep-like to government, paying taxes out of fear of losing precious possessions, forgeting that GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE TO YOU - and our government IS SHITTING on our family. And our children. Don't forget the children. You simply CANNOT tell me that a heterosexual man in the EXACT SAME legal shoes would not REVOLT, probably violently, to what the government does to us AS POLICY. AS LAW. We could revolt non-violently through tax revolt. But here's why:

• We Don't Believe We Deserve Equality
• We Don't Know Any Better

So PAY YOUR TAXES, or TAX REVOLT.

Sure, I depend on tax dollars to survive now,

but I don't think YOU (the Queers) should pay a dime of it.

Things are dire now financially and may get worse sooner than later, so logging on the internet may become another one of those things we (BOB & I) decide to live without - at least at home. SIMPLE is best, whether it's by choice, or not, or both. Voluntary Simplicity

Take care, fellow bloggers and blog readers. I may check in to update something, or a comment may drive me out, but I'm leaving all posts on the main page and letting this blog SIT for a while.

NOW GO REVOLT ...

YOU HAVE TO DO THAT YOURSELF!

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Harsh Reality Hits Home With Very Bad Timing - It is 9:20 PM on Thursday evening and I've just learned from our Pastor that Bob fell down and hit his head at choir practice and is now being treated at the hospital. He is a traumatic brain injury survivor....as in had to re-learned how to walk and talk....so this is something to take very seriously. I cannot get there so I have to wait until his church brings him home, hopefully in 1-2 hours. I love my Bob; you met him here - What About Bob? . [Bob returned home safe and sound this time, THANK GOD, but this experience just made PAINFULLY CLEAR how un-equal we are in the eyes of the law. My anger is still very much intact.]

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The sick reality for ANY queer couple is simultaneously dealing with what life gives us - all of us - while ALSO adding on the legal difficulties - at these horribly emotional, challenging times. THAT IS EVIL

Even as I try to NOT give in to fear and panic in general, having the EXTRA REALITY of homelessness if I did indeed lose Bob right now doesn't help matters.

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America, we just want to LIVE OUR OWN LIVES and be left the hell alone, but YOUR GODDAMN LAWS are SO GODDAMN HATEFUL to our families that it is impossible to give a f*ck what happens to this GODDAMN COUNTRY.

PAY YOUR TAXES, AMERICA!

YOU DESERVE WHAT

YOU ARE PAYING FOR.