To whom it may concern,
This last week, the Net was buzzing with information about Bob Schulz's "IRS
Showdown II" scheduled for the National Press Club in DC on November 13, 1999.
Lots of people expected C-Span to cover this meeting like it did the previous
one, but that did not happen. You have inquired regarding the lack of coverage
by C-Span and I offer the following. Because so many others have also inquired,
please excuse this "form" response which I am sending to everyone.
On July 1and 2, 1999, Bob Schulz from New York sponsored his first "IRS
Showdown" in DC. Speakers at this first meeting were Bill Benson (author of
"The
Law That Never Was" which addresses the question of the non-ratification of the
16th Amendment), Bill Conklin, Joe Banister (former IRS Special Agent), Devvy
Kidd and myself. Fortunately on July 2, C-Span broadcast the second day of that
meeting nationwide and untold numbers of Americans caught it. Lots of interest
in that first Showdown was generated as a consequence. Many contacted
C-Span and
ordered video tapes of the seminar and C-Span has informed Bob Schulz that it
sold more videos of that meeting than any other program it has ever broadcast.
Bob planned his second Showdown for this last weekend, November 13,
because of
the apparent success of the first. Of the two meeting rooms on the 13th
floor of
the Press Club Building in DC, Bob rented the bigger "special events" meeting
room; the Press Club has a built-in broadcast studio above this particular
meeting room, thus making coverage of a meeting there extremely easy.
Thereafter, Bob contacted C-Span inquiring whether it would cover this second
meeting like it did the first, and was informed that there was a great
likelihood that it would, reserving the possibility of cancellation in the
event
of some other "more interesting meetings or events." Of course, C-Span does not
let those conducting events know about whether it will broadcast a meeting
until
24 hours before.
When Bob made the arrangements for this second meeting, he was also lining up
the speakers. He asked Bill Benson to again attend as well as former IRS
Special
Agent Joe Banister. Joe anticipated that he could get another retired IRS
revenue agent to also attend and this other agent has views similar to
those of
Joe. Bob contacted Dave Bosset, an accountant and employer from Florida who
recently received a "refund" check from the IRS repaying taxes withheld
from his
employees, and invited him to attend. As for me, I told Bob that whether I
could
attend depended upon a lack of other obligations for that weekend.
Last Thursday, I called Bob and informed him that I could attend the second
Showdown. At that time, Bob told me that he expected C-Span to provide TV
coverage of the event and he wanted us to spread the word. I did, and you read
one of the announcements distributed by me or some other of the interested
parties. Bill Benson contacted many with the same message and everyone
anticipated that C-Span would televise that meeting on Saturday, Nov. 13.
On Friday, Nov. 12, most of the speakers arrived at the hotel at which we
were
staying early; I did not get there until mid-night. Nobody had seen Bob Schulz
before we went to bed because he was driving down from New York. The next
morning, we all went to the Press Club in DC, and upon seeing Bob, he informed
us of his expectation of televised coverage by C-Span. However, he did mention
that he provided a notice of the meeting to all of the other press agencies
located in the Press Club Building on Friday, Nov. 12 and invited their
attendance. Just before he left New York on Friday, he received a call from a
man named Joel Gray, who claimed to be some type of federal government
employee;
Gray asked lots of questions about the meeting and stated that he had an office
in the Press Club building and had received Bob's notice.
About 30 minutes before the meeting was to start, everyone was
anticipating the
arrival of the C-Span crew. But when showtime arrived and C-Span failed to
appear, we had to start the meeting anyway. It was a good, well attended
meeting
and video tapes will be made available from several sources, one of whom
will be
Devvy Kidd whose webpage is at:
http://www.devvy.com/index.html
A particular highlight of this meeting was the speech given by Dave Bosset.
Dave is an accountant by profession as well as a computer program writer. He is
a businessman from Florida and recently (this last June) applied for a refund
from the IRS regarding withholding taxes that his company had paid on
behalf of
its employees. Dave received that refund. He told those attending this meeting
about what he did and the legal basis for his refund claim. This is a "first"
and lots of people are interested in this issue. I hope that Dave soon sets up
his own webpage.
Other speakers were Bill Benson, whose webpage is located at:
http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/
Joe Banister, the former IRS Special Agent, also spoke and his webpage is
located at:
http://www.freedomabovefortune.com/
Devvy Kidd has several articles about Joe posted to her webpage at:
http://www.devvy.com/banister.html
http://www.devvy.com/banister2.html
Bob Schulz's webpage is located at:
http://www.givemeliberty.org/
And of course, mine (with Scott McDonald's) is located at:
http://www.networkusa.org/index.shtml
We were very disappointed that C-Span failed to broadcast the second
meeting of
IRS Showdown. Presently, this is what we know regarding the failure of
C-Span to
attend and broadcast Showdown II:
1. Bob Schulz believes that the government employee, Joel Gray, was
instrumental in convincing C-Span to not attend;
2. When the IRS Showdown was over, we went back to the hotel. Bill Benson
received an important message to call his wife, and that lead to certain very
intriguing information. Bill had informed lots of people that at Showdown
II, he
would identify Senator Orin Hatch as a party who attempted to buy all of Bill's
work and books regarding the non-ratification of the 16th Amendment so that
this
information would not "get into the hands of the kooks out there" across
America. Bill did tell everyone at Showdown II what Sen. Hatch's "henchmen"
tried to do. But Bill received after the meeting a very important message
from a
good and reliable friend: C-Span did not attend and broadcast this meeting
because it was paid "big bucks" not to.
As more information is learned regarding this C-Span matter, I expect Bob
Schulz to post that information to his webpage. Why don't you periodically
check
there to receive information about any late breaking developments.
Larry Becraft
IRS
This last week, the Net was buzzing with information about Bob Schulz's "IRS
Showdown II" scheduled for the National Press Club in DC on November 13, 1999.
Lots of people expected C-Span to cover this meeting like it did the previous
one, but that did not happen. You have inquired regarding the lack of coverage
by C-Span and I offer the following. Because so many others have also inquired,
please excuse this "form" response which I am sending to everyone.
On July 1and 2, 1999, Bob Schulz from New York sponsored his first "IRS
Showdown" in DC. Speakers at this first meeting were Bill Benson (author of
"The
Law That Never Was" which addresses the question of the non-ratification of the
16th Amendment), Bill Conklin, Joe Banister (former IRS Special Agent), Devvy
Kidd and myself. Fortunately on July 2, C-Span broadcast the second day of that
meeting nationwide and untold numbers of Americans caught it. Lots of interest
in that first Showdown was generated as a consequence. Many contacted
C-Span and
ordered video tapes of the seminar and C-Span has informed Bob Schulz that it
sold more videos of that meeting than any other program it has ever broadcast.
Bob planned his second Showdown for this last weekend, November 13,
because of
the apparent success of the first. Of the two meeting rooms on the 13th
floor of
the Press Club Building in DC, Bob rented the bigger "special events" meeting
room; the Press Club has a built-in broadcast studio above this particular
meeting room, thus making coverage of a meeting there extremely easy.
Thereafter, Bob contacted C-Span inquiring whether it would cover this second
meeting like it did the first, and was informed that there was a great
likelihood that it would, reserving the possibility of cancellation in the
event
of some other "more interesting meetings or events." Of course, C-Span does not
let those conducting events know about whether it will broadcast a meeting
until
24 hours before.
When Bob made the arrangements for this second meeting, he was also lining up
the speakers. He asked Bill Benson to again attend as well as former IRS
Special
Agent Joe Banister. Joe anticipated that he could get another retired IRS
revenue agent to also attend and this other agent has views similar to
those of
Joe. Bob contacted Dave Bosset, an accountant and employer from Florida who
recently received a "refund" check from the IRS repaying taxes withheld
from his
employees, and invited him to attend. As for me, I told Bob that whether I
could
attend depended upon a lack of other obligations for that weekend.
Last Thursday, I called Bob and informed him that I could attend the second
Showdown. At that time, Bob told me that he expected C-Span to provide TV
coverage of the event and he wanted us to spread the word. I did, and you read
one of the announcements distributed by me or some other of the interested
parties. Bill Benson contacted many with the same message and everyone
anticipated that C-Span would televise that meeting on Saturday, Nov. 13.
On Friday, Nov. 12, most of the speakers arrived at the hotel at which we
were
staying early; I did not get there until mid-night. Nobody had seen Bob Schulz
before we went to bed because he was driving down from New York. The next
morning, we all went to the Press Club in DC, and upon seeing Bob, he informed
us of his expectation of televised coverage by C-Span. However, he did mention
that he provided a notice of the meeting to all of the other press agencies
located in the Press Club Building on Friday, Nov. 12 and invited their
attendance. Just before he left New York on Friday, he received a call from a
man named Joel Gray, who claimed to be some type of federal government
employee;
Gray asked lots of questions about the meeting and stated that he had an office
in the Press Club building and had received Bob's notice.
About 30 minutes before the meeting was to start, everyone was
anticipating the
arrival of the C-Span crew. But when showtime arrived and C-Span failed to
appear, we had to start the meeting anyway. It was a good, well attended
meeting
and video tapes will be made available from several sources, one of whom
will be
Devvy Kidd whose webpage is at:
http://www.devvy.com/index.html
A particular highlight of this meeting was the speech given by Dave Bosset.
Dave is an accountant by profession as well as a computer program writer. He is
a businessman from Florida and recently (this last June) applied for a refund
from the IRS regarding withholding taxes that his company had paid on
behalf of
its employees. Dave received that refund. He told those attending this meeting
about what he did and the legal basis for his refund claim. This is a "first"
and lots of people are interested in this issue. I hope that Dave soon sets up
his own webpage.
Other speakers were Bill Benson, whose webpage is located at:
http://www.thelawthatneverwas.com/
Joe Banister, the former IRS Special Agent, also spoke and his webpage is
located at:
http://www.freedomabovefortune.com/
Devvy Kidd has several articles about Joe posted to her webpage at:
http://www.devvy.com/banister.html
http://www.devvy.com/banister2.html
Bob Schulz's webpage is located at:
http://www.givemeliberty.org/
And of course, mine (with Scott McDonald's) is located at:
http://www.networkusa.org/index.shtml
We were very disappointed that C-Span failed to broadcast the second
meeting of
IRS Showdown. Presently, this is what we know regarding the failure of
C-Span to
attend and broadcast Showdown II:
1. Bob Schulz believes that the government employee, Joel Gray, was
instrumental in convincing C-Span to not attend;
2. When the IRS Showdown was over, we went back to the hotel. Bill Benson
received an important message to call his wife, and that lead to certain very
intriguing information. Bill had informed lots of people that at Showdown
II, he
would identify Senator Orin Hatch as a party who attempted to buy all of Bill's
work and books regarding the non-ratification of the 16th Amendment so that
this
information would not "get into the hands of the kooks out there" across
America. Bill did tell everyone at Showdown II what Sen. Hatch's "henchmen"
tried to do. But Bill received after the meeting a very important message
from a
good and reliable friend: C-Span did not attend and broadcast this meeting
because it was paid "big bucks" not to.
As more information is learned regarding this C-Span matter, I expect Bob
Schulz to post that information to his webpage. Why don't you periodically
check
there to receive information about any late breaking developments.
Larry Becraft
IRS