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9:25 PM
by Gerald Klaas
It seems to me that the salient point of Schulz v. IRS is not only that "IRS summonses apply no force to taxpayers....until that summons is backed by a federal court order", but that while this will certainly raise the enforcement overhead of the IRS within the 2nd Circuit states, I think a more interesting question is:
Will banks and employers who comply with IRS garnishment "requests", without a court order, become liable for acting without proper authority?
I'm trying to follow the ideals of Henry David Thoreau, in his essay On Civil Disobedience. Thoreau refused to cooperate with The Machine of oppressive government and encouraged all moral people to do the same. He referred to this "civil disobedience" as creating friction in the machine. Given enough friction for a long enough period of time, the machine will break.
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