Most people do not like uncertainty. They feel comfortable in what they know, even if it is far from ideal, while fearing anything unfamiliar to them. Because of that they try to avoid change, particularly drastic change. Even a dog whose master beats it is more likely to stay than to wander away and face the unknown. When it becomes widely known that some in government have used deception (rather than actual taxation) to acquire many trillions of dollars from the American people, obviously some things are going to change. The possibility of an angry backlash by the victims of the fraud, the economic ramifications, and what this means to the future of the country, can be difficult to guess. Because of that, some hesitate to spread the word about the 861 evidence (or even hesitate to look at it themselves), for fear of what it may lead to. First and foremost, we must understand that to knowingly allow government fraud, deception, extortion, and censorship, because we fear the alternative, does not bode well for the country. If we as a people are willing to forsake the truth, the evidence, and the law, in order to maintain the status quo, then the country is doomed already. If the only principle we value is predictability (not truth, liberty or justice), then this country will end as a failed experiment.

With that being said, the effects of the "income tax" deception being exposed are, on the whole, far from negative. While there will obviously be some major adjustments, as approximately one trillion dollars per year is no longer funneled through government hands, the end result will be an incredible boon for the economy, and for the country.

To hear politicians describe the situation, if their revenues decrease by a dime (or even just fail to increase dramatically), society collapses; but if you have to do without an extra thousand dollars this yearÉ well, you will find a way to get by. Of course, it is never in the best interest of the politicians to say "sure, we could do just as well with half the revenue we now get." (How many workers would suggest a cut in their own paycheck to their boss?) While there will be a certain amount of "shake-up" when this monumental fraud ends, some basic points need to be kept in mind:

1) Though the government takes money, and spends money, it does not create any wealth. All wealth is created by the workers and companies of America; it is only redistributed by government. Therefore, even if government revenues were drastically reduced, the wealth of the country, and the ability to produce wealth, would not decrease at all. The only difference will be that the money the government would have spent on this or that federal program, would never have been taken from the person who earned it in the first place, who could then spend it as he saw fit. In short, all lowering government revenues does is remove the "middle man" from various transactions. Doing so not only saves money (by not using it up on enormous, inefficient government bureaucracies), but also keeps money from being wasted on things which the American public do not even want to support, such as the countless pork-barrel projects which politicians are constantly sneaking into almost every bill which goes through Congress.

2) The federal government does not need four trillion dollars a year to function. If all federal income taxes disappeared tomorrow, and were replaced with nothing, the government would still receive enough revenue from other sources to fund the entire 1982 federal budget. To further demonstrate how drastically the size of the federal government has grown, far beyond the growth in population, in the last 40 years federal spending has increased *2,000%.