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VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

cambel-1 Mr. Russo's documentary is excellent. It truly shows both sides of the issue. He doesn't just get one-sided on this like a lot of documentaries. He shows how both Republicans and Democrats know of this fleecing to the American people. I liken the IRS tactics to that of Hitler. To give a organization such power to strong-arm the American citizens is such a travesty! Its also interesting how Aarron unveils more than his original quest of how big a fraud is being perpetrated on the public. It makes you sit up and take notice that if even X IRS agents speak out and X commissioners threaten that we can't be saved makes one realize its time to become leaders. Now I know most will thing just to go along with the status quo and say I'm doing fine well you might be now but what if a ripple in our standard of living affects us more personally. Do you think a corrupt government will think of you first. Remember New Orleans and remember how they put their interests first. I am Canadian but we are the same just divided by a border.

WhiteTeeRash None of us want to believe the facts brought out in this documentary. Russo makes many of them undeniably clear. If you are suspicious of the underlying forces at work in American government, you'll be scared, stunned and angered by this sad expose. You'll see a former IRS commissioner squirm when asked exactly the questions he doesn't want to answer.This documentary helped me piece together many bewildering actions of those in government. Why are we occupying Iraq and building permanent bases? Why the constant scare tactics about the "War on Terror"? Why is the media so absent on certain issues? NPP? This movie explains a lot. Every American should see it.Authoritarian rulers have come to power over and over again throughout history. Why do you believe it can't happen in our country?

stoj_77 The problem of the federal income tax is the power relationship State vs Federation. Without quoting the constitution or various laws it is clear that the ability of the federal government to tax all citizens of all the states in a directly federal controlled system is ( regardless of the actual % of tax ) for the states and cities to surrender almost all sovereignty to the federation and for the money system and taxes to be yet another tool of an overpowered and over-centralized form of government that is strictly prohibited by the constitution. The states united primarily as to have a large, controllable army that would keep the states safe, and free of oppression from other powerful countries in the world. The states DIDN'T unite, to be able to monitor each of its citizens in such detail as to know how many times each and every citizen uses the bathroom each day. ( or any other completely ridiculous and resource wasting surveillance )That is also why the federal government has to sidestep, loop, and bury these facts in massive incoherent text, in law-books that no one reads. ( not even lawyers, judges or IRS employees ) And that is why they can't easily change the laws to allow for such a degree of federal control. Also, if they finally made actual, clear laws for federal income tax then all former disobedience can't be punished or continue to be punished, and compensations would have to be payed before legally being able to continue with the current system.However it is still possible to legalize the current system and that is what should be prioritized before changing it. One way would be to shift the income tax to State level and then have different transactions between States and the government. This might give economic leverage to the States because they would become a entity between the IRS and the citizen but it would also find stronger support in the constitution and an increased security against unlawful IRS raids on citizens since the IRS would essentially have to raid a State first resulting in civil war if they choose to enforce any dissatisfaction by raw physical force without any consideration to laws or any primarily peaceful process.Finally I would like to add, the issue is NOT about the actual amount of money. It is not necessarily about giving more money to the people. It is a matter of principle. The federation can collect enough taxes and money thru other means. Even by inventing new taxes and laws. The central issue is the way the federal income tax unlawfully executes an unnecessary central control of every citizen forcing them to account for every economical transaction and income, forcing control with certain deductions of taxable income and affecting the core of every citizens economical lifestyle. It is about Big brother watching ur every move and even forcing u to selfincrimination. There must be a better way, more democratic that preserves privacy and freedom regardless of the actual amount of money payed in federal tax. As u might have guessed, it is that control that will be missed by the federal government and agencies, more than the actual money. The money is nothing but one of the tools.

riromero It's depressing to see how many people actually believe the material presented in this "documentary" is true. The movie claims to expose a huge, hidden plan to financially and politically enslave the American public.The first portion of the movie "reveals" that there is no law requiring individuals to pay income tax. Somehow they think that the US Code of laws passed by Congress isn't law? For the income tax section, read Title 26 U.S.C. § 1; it's all online at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/. Maybe laws passed by Congress are unconstitutional? Could happen. Try reading the Sixteenth Amendment, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." Sounds pretty clear. The claim is that the 16th Amendment wasn't properly ratified. Before typewriters and copy machines, getting the states to ratify identical text was a challenge. Some documents from states certifying the 16th amendment's ratification had trivial errors: "States" not capitalized, "income" instead of "incomes", missing commas or the word "levy" instead of "lay". The Secretary of State obtained verbal confirmation from the Legislatures involved and declared the Amendment passed, which was the correct legal procedure. The film maker conveniently neglects to mention whether this is why he claims the 16th Amendment invalid. Next the film asserts that the Federal Reserve was created and is currently controlled by powerful bankers with the goal of financially enslaving middle class America. Really? The Fed Chairman Bernanke from Princeton has never worked in the public sector, was appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress. The other board members have similar credentials. Created by powerful bankers (photos of J.P. Morgan are shown in the movie) to control the economy? Excuse me, but before the Federal Reserve, J.P. Morgan and other powerful bankers already had control of the money supply. Read the history of the the Free Silver movement, or Agrarian Populism. Farmers in the Midwest were under Morgan's thumb and were begging for government oversight. Morgan himself got on board after the Bank Panic of 1907 where he had to inject his own money to prevent total financial collapse. When Morgan saw the light, the final obstacle to a National Bank was removed. Claiming the Federal Reserve was created by Morgan, or some shadowy banking overlords is outright deception.The film spirals downward into paranoid fantasy when it begins to claim there a plans to embed RFID tracking chips into all U.S. citizen to obtain total control of all aspects of our lives. Evidently some reviewers here accept this uncritically. Wake up. Read more than one book that contains a different viewpoint than your own. The majority of Americans aren't deluded, believers in this movie are.