Confessions of a Radical Tax Protestor

Larry Williams has never backed away from authority, especially government authority - the U.S. or any other. Including two battles all the way to the Supreme Court.  Libertarian, trader, would be politician, and Indiana Jones-like adventurer, Larry has gone wherever his spirit moved him and bucked state constraints whenever he found them stifling. Throughout his life, his rebellious spirit served him well - huge successes in trading, to adventures right out of a Graham Greene novel in Saudi Arabia, two boisterous runs for the U.S. Senate, a famous actress daughter entangled with an even more famous actor, a new grandchild - the life well lived that would be the envy of most people. Along the way, Larry became a tax protester in the spirit of John Cheek and Irwin Schiff. However, Larry was far too free a spirit to give up his freedom for his beliefs, and figured that he was smarter than the zealot tax protesters now making license plates, particularly after meeting a man with an actual and real document from the IRS acknowledging the legitimacy of a certain kind of trust. But things are not always what they seem. Annoying letters from the IRS called for hiring an attorney to "work things out," which he thought (based on the bills he was paying) was in the works. Enjoying a pleasant flight in first class from South Africa to Australia, Larry, at the age of 64 with a new granddaughter and 5 children settled in successful lives of their own, reflected that life was pretty sweet. Then his plane landed in Australia and he was summarily arrested and jailed and taken to prison There began a nearly 4 year fight for his freedom at a huge financial cost; worse was the toll it took on his psyche. This is the story of Larry's war with the IRS and U.S. Dept. of Treasury and inside view of the world of tax protesters. Larry explains why the tax protest movement exists, where it is dead wrong and why it will most often lead followers to prison. He also weighs in on what can be done to correct the unfairness of the tax codes, and why tax rates are so astronomical, that the 'fair share' idea should be applied to what is the 'fair share' of your income the government is 'entitled' to.

Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Don’t Tax Me, Tax the Man behind the Tree 11 Chapter 2 Born a Tax Protestor 27 Chapter 3 Lost in the Desert 39 Chapter 4 Life on the Run Around 63 Chapter 5 Getting Out from Down Under 87 Chapter 6 The Tax Resistance Movement and Its Legal “Help” 107 Chapter 7 Taking the Plunge . . . over a Campfire 125 Chapter 8 When a Fair Share Is Not So Fair 137 Chapter 9 The Perfect Tax Solution 145 Chapter 10 If at First You Don’t Succeed . . . 159 Chapter 11 Turning the Wheels of Justice in Your Favor 169 Chapter 12 Sharpening the Ax 179 Chapter 13 At Last, Trial Time 187 Chapter 14 A Workable Solution 201 Appendix: Right to Speedy Trial Filing 217 Acknowledgments 225 Index 227