I work as a lawyer in Canada and my area of practice is basically what you call poverty law. So helping people out who are getting evicted, wrongful dismissal, human rights stuff, debts and collections, criminal stuff, government benefits, wills and estates, etc. Bascially I deal with any sort of legal trouble that poor people get into and try to help them out in ways that don't require them having a lot of money.
This area of practice involves dealing with a lot of people who are of low intelligence. (Probably a higher proportion than when dealing with the wealthy.) And these are the people most likely to buy into the claims of the "Freeman Movement" or in this case the closely related "detaxer" movement. For some reason these people are convinced that through verbal or grammatical gymnastics they can "outsmart" the system to avoid paying taxes, paying their mortgage, paying speeding tickets, paying child support, avoid shoing up for court, etc.
These people generally fall into two categories. The first are people who see this sort of material, believe it, and decide not to pay taxes or not pay their mortgage and then wind up with a big debt. The second are people who find themselves in some desperate financial situation and are looking for anything to help. The detaxers seem to have a magic solution to all their problems so they buy in to the nonsense in the hopes it will get them out of a jam. I have a bit more sympathy for the second group because they are acting out of desparation to solve some problem in their life, as opposed to the first group who cause the problem themselves by buying in and are really the authors of their own misforture.
A lot of people would say that these people are idiots and deserve what is coming to them and it is their fault for buying in to such retarded ideas. Other might look at those promoting these ideas and blame them for tricking people into these situations. (The same sort of debate occurs about who should be blamed when someone wastes a lot of money on a psychic) But regardless of where you stand, it is clear that these type of groups are not helping anyone.
The courts in my city (and I assume accross Canada) are well aware of the detax crowd and have procedures in place to deal with them. Judges of course have never had a problem shooting down their ridiculous arguments and there are many reported cases in which this happens (they can often be entertaining reading). But the detaxers will pull the same sort of arguments with court clerks and other employees. Like for instance, imagine that you are a clerk, you send notice to someone that they are to appear in court and you get this response (from the detax Canada website):
What a mess.
Anyways, the detax Canada website (which I find to be quite comical) is located at:
http://www.detaxcanada.org
This thread is inspired by a similar one calling for stories of failures of US freeman movement people. I thought I would start one for the Canadian equivalent and post some of my stories here. This is a long post already but I will post some stories here in the near future. Meanwhile, if anyone has any comments or stories feel free.
This area of practice involves dealing with a lot of people who are of low intelligence. (Probably a higher proportion than when dealing with the wealthy.) And these are the people most likely to buy into the claims of the "Freeman Movement" or in this case the closely related "detaxer" movement. For some reason these people are convinced that through verbal or grammatical gymnastics they can "outsmart" the system to avoid paying taxes, paying their mortgage, paying speeding tickets, paying child support, avoid shoing up for court, etc.
These people generally fall into two categories. The first are people who see this sort of material, believe it, and decide not to pay taxes or not pay their mortgage and then wind up with a big debt. The second are people who find themselves in some desperate financial situation and are looking for anything to help. The detaxers seem to have a magic solution to all their problems so they buy in to the nonsense in the hopes it will get them out of a jam. I have a bit more sympathy for the second group because they are acting out of desparation to solve some problem in their life, as opposed to the first group who cause the problem themselves by buying in and are really the authors of their own misforture.
A lot of people would say that these people are idiots and deserve what is coming to them and it is their fault for buying in to such retarded ideas. Other might look at those promoting these ideas and blame them for tricking people into these situations. (The same sort of debate occurs about who should be blamed when someone wastes a lot of money on a psychic) But regardless of where you stand, it is clear that these type of groups are not helping anyone.
The courts in my city (and I assume accross Canada) are well aware of the detax crowd and have procedures in place to deal with them. Judges of course have never had a problem shooting down their ridiculous arguments and there are many reported cases in which this happens (they can often be entertaining reading). But the detaxers will pull the same sort of arguments with court clerks and other employees. Like for instance, imagine that you are a clerk, you send notice to someone that they are to appear in court and you get this response (from the detax Canada website):
There are no records available for the fictional entity,
Kevin E. Jones, AKA: KEVIN E JONES, at the address
noted on you demand. For any such records, you will
need contact the owner of KEVIN E JONES, the
fictional entity, which I believe to be the CROWN
in right of (your birth province).
The terms of the private contract of agency between
the free will man commonly called Kevin of the Jones
family, the principal, and the fictional entity/person
whose legal identity is KEVIN E JONES, the agent in
commerce for the principal, is not subject to the
scrutiny of a third party, and therefore, any
business dealings between the principal and agent
will not be released to CRA. The principal is not
a 'person', and therefore, not subject to provisions
of the Income Tax Act of Canada, to the Minister
of National Revenue or to Canada Revenue Agency.
I, commonly called Kevin of the Jones family, in own right,
for KEVIN E JONES for Her Majesty in right of Canada
[Hand write: KEVIN E JONES. The remainder may be typed]
What a mess.
Anyways, the detax Canada website (which I find to be quite comical) is located at:
http://www.detaxcanada.org
This thread is inspired by a similar one calling for stories of failures of US freeman movement people. I thought I would start one for the Canadian equivalent and post some of my stories here. This is a long post already but I will post some stories here in the near future. Meanwhile, if anyone has any comments or stories feel free.