We See the Genuine Perversity of the System that Rules Us. June 26, 2007

by Will

Ed and Elaine Brown of Plainfield, New Hampshire, are involved in a potentially fatal stand-off. Having refused to pay income taxes, the Browns have been ordered to report to prison.

The couple lives in a large and self-sufficient home. They insist that they will die rather than being hauled away to prison. They are currently surrounded by a large paramilitary force that includes Special Ops teams from the Marshals Service, SWAT teams from three states, and the local police tactical team.

The Browns are eccentric and they may be misled about the nature of the income tax code. Like everyone else, they are required by what the government is pleased to call the law to surrender a portion of their honestly earned wealth to the State. Despite committing no crime against persons or property, they face the prospect of prison or death at the hands of government agents. In that fact we see the genuine perversity of the system that rules us.

Let us stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.

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