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80. The Standoff (Ed & Elaine Brown)

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Don't Stop Paying Taxes!

Ed and elaine brown were convinced that ordinary labor, such as the work elaine performed at her dental practice, could not be taxed. The couple claimed that the sixteenth amendment to the constitution, which authorized the federal government to collect income tax, had not been properly ratified. After ten years of penalties and interest, the total amount ad and elaine Brown owed ind back taxes amounted to more than three million dollars.

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