DON'T FILE 'TIL THE TRIAL
HEAR THE FACTS -- JUDGE THE TRUTH
Before the war broke out, the federal government was in deep doo-doo. Not
only was the Social Security Trust Fund fallacy coming to light, but Bob Schulz of We The People had finally won a date with representatives of Internal Revenue to publicly answer questions about the legality of withholding individual income taxes from American citizens.

You will recall the full page ads We The People ran in USA Today arguing that the original 1913 personal income tax law had never been properly ratified and that there was no law giving the federal government the right to withhold income taxes.

You should also remember that Bob Schulz and another of his followers went on a 17 day hunger strike in Washington until representatives of the government promised an open meeting to justify and prove their position. Well, he won. A date was finally set for September 25th and 26th in the US Capitol.

September 11th canceled all of that.

Now, proving that the government can both chew gum and carry on a war at the same time, the meeting is rescheduled to take place on February 27, 2002 and We The People is asking for advanced public support.

You can read all about it on their web site at: http://www.givemeliberty.org/
Late Thursday, January 17, 2002, congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett decided to take his ball and go home. The following was posted to his web site.
Dismayed by Operation "Wait to File until the Trial"

Washington, DC – Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-6-MD) today canceled a tax policy forum scheduled for February 27 and 28, 2002. "I am quite dismayed by Operation "Wait to File until the Trial," said Bartlett. Bartlett communicated his decision in a letter to Robert L. Schulz, Chairman of the Board of We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc. who had requested the forum. A copy of the letter is attached.

"The information that you are currently disseminating concerning the February 27 & 28 forum is misleading," Bartlett wrote in the letter to Schulz.

"I will not be a party to advocating the non-payment of federal income taxes," said Bartlett.

In the letter, Bartlett noted that "your [Bob Schulz] rhetoric has made it impossible for the forum to take place because the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice will not participate."

Congressman Bartlett said that he remains committed to ensuring the right of Bob Schulz and other citizens to exercise their constitutional rights under the First Amendment to get answers to their questions about federal tax policy from the government.

Bartlett offered as "the alternative," to forward Schulz' questions to both the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service for responses and to subsequently post both the questions and responses on his congressional website.