[Jims5543]

They decided taxes were not legel and stopped paying them. They used the savings to build the compound they are holed up in. Ed Brown refused to show up in court because he knew they were going to throw him in jail.

This standoff has been a year in the making. I remember reading about him about a year ago. He has been fighting the IRS over the legality of taxes and he is being made an example of -- Do not screw with the IRS.

My 2nd in command here at my office, his father commited suicide when the IRS came down on him in the early 70's. He had screwed up (or maybe more I really do not know) and owed the IRS a lot of money. The came down on him like a ton of bricks. He lost his business (a contract machine shop building for the government ) and could not deal with it and checked out.

A couple of months after his suicide, on Christmas Eve, the IRS siezed his home and kicked him, his mother and 4 siblings out on the street. On Christmas Eve..... Homeless because the IRS decided Christmas Eve was the right time to ruin these peoples lives....


From what I understand the bill that passed in 1913 enabling income tax was passed illegally. Maybe that is a farce but some believe its true.

I would never test the IRS and this guy is about to find out why you do not screw with them. I would prefer to owe the mafia money.