HOW TO: Catalog of Deception Techniques, Third Rail Avoidance Tactics, and Defenses

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1. INTRODUCTION:

Those in government and the legal profession intent on stealing your property, illegally enlarging their power, or exploiting your legal ignorance to deceive you into doing something they want without authority or compensation will frequently engage in sophistry to disguise the nature of you activities. For an explanation of sophistry, see:

An Introduction to Sophistry Course, Form #12.042
https://sedm.org/an-introduction-to-sophistry/

The movie The Matrix is really just a metaphor or allegory for the techniques of sophistry, as the following links demonstrate:

1. How to Leave the Government Farm, Form #12.020
   https://sedm.org/how-to-leave-the-government-farm-form-12-020/
2. The REAL Social Compact, SEDM
   https://sedm.org/the-real-social-compact/
3. The Matrix (“Benefits” and Privileges), SEDM
   https://sedm.org/the-matrix-benefits-and-privileges/
4. The Real Social Compact, Form #08.030
   https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/TheRealSocialCompact.pdf
5. Devil’s Advocate: Lawyers. What We are Up Against (OFFSITE LINK, 190Mbytes, 12 minutes, H.264)-the legal profession has become a Satanic priesthood that runs the entire government and which eventually will enslave us all
   http://sedm.org/what-we-are-up-against/
6. Government Corruption, Form #11.401-detailed consequences of joining The Matrix.
   https://sedm.org/home/government-corruption/

2. DECEPTION OR ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES:

2.1. Abusing “Includes” and “including” to illegally expand definitions to include things not expressly identified

The most frequent scenario for this abuse is court rulings.

Specific Instances:

1. Government forms.
2. Statutory definitions of key words like “United States”, “State”, “Employee”

Defenses:

1. Invoke requirement for reasonable notice of everything expressly included.
   Requirement for Reasonable Notice, Form #05.022
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/ReasonableNotice.pdf

2.2. Equivocating the CIVIL and POLITICAL sense. It’s ONE or the OTHER

The most frequent scenario for this is equivocation by courts and the administrative state on government forms.

Specific Instances:

1. Applies mainly to “citizen”.
2. Court rulings never disclose context.
3. Regulations using two contexts but not disclosing the distinction. See 26 C.F.R. 1.1-1
4. Refusing to answer questions about which context is implied.

Defenses:

1. Cite U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark describing the difference between CIVIL and POLITICAL contexts.
   United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
   https://ftsig.org/united-states-v-wong-kim-ark-169-u-s-649-1898/
2. Insist that it is a violation of the separation of powers and not a judicial function to:
   2.1. Convert a purely political citizen* to a CIVIL citizen**+D without consent or domicile.
   2.2. Equivocate the two.
   The separation of powers is described in:
   Government Conspiracy to Destroy the Separation of Powers, Form #05.023
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/SeparationOfPowers.pdf

2.3. Equivocating the PUBLIC Person^PUB with PRIVATE Person^PRI

Specific Instances:

1. Every CIVIL statute uses the PersonPUB context.
2. The CONSTITUTION in relation to the public uses the PersonPRI context in the Bill of Rights.
3. Government publications and court rulings frequently use the word “YOU” or “person” but never define the context.

Defenses:

Every word used in the legal profession has a PUBLIC and a PRIVATE context. We emphasize this in:

Writing Conventions on This Website, Section 2: Two Contexts for Legal Information, FTSIG
https://ftsig.org/introduction/writing-conventions-on-this-website/#2._Two

The fact that the context of the word “person” is UNDEFINED fails the reasonable notice provisions of the Constitution:

Requirement for Reasonable Notice, Form #05.022
https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/ReasonableNotice.pdf

The preferred mechanism for recruiting people into the PUBLIC/COLLECTIVIST context is to use the term “person” in government publications but never define WHICH of the two contexts are implied. A thorough understanding of the difference is MANDATORY. This document explains the difference THOROUGHLY:

Policy Document: IRS Fraud and Deception About the Statutory Word “Person”, Form #08.023
https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/IRSPerson.pdf

3. AVOIDANCE OF THIRD RAIL ISSUE TACTICS

3.1. “United States” is primarily non-geographical

This scenario is most relevant in either deciding whether you are a ‘U.S. person” or determining whether your earnings derive from a “U.S. source”.

Avoidance of Disclosure:

1. Define the geographical context in 26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(9) and (a)(10) but never define whether context is LEGAL or GEOGRAPHICAL in each use.
2. Refuse to answer questions about which context is implied.

Defenses:

Understand the following:

1. Which “United States”?, FTSIG
   https://ftsig.org/united-states-how-to-discern-geographcial-from-corporate-based-on-context/
2. DEFINITIONS: “United States”, FTSIG
   https://ftsig.org/definitions-united-states/
3. DEFINITIONS: “in the United States”, FTSIG
   https://ftsig.org/definitions-in-the-united-states/
4. Site Symbology for Political Terms “United States”, “State”, FTSIG
   https://ftsig.org/site-symbology-for-political-terms-united-states-state/

3.2. Not Effectively Connected (NEC) in I.R.C. 871(a) is ONLY for Aliens

This scenario is relevant to those filing the 1040NR form, Schedule NEC.

Avoidance of Disclosure:

1. Refusing to disclose or answer questions about whether the tax is a foreign affairs function ONLY under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
2. Equivocating “nonresident aliens” with “non-resident aliens”

Defenses:

Understand that all Schedule NEC earnings are earnings of aliens. They do not include nationals. This is because:

1. 26 U.S.C. §871(a) is not ECI, which is privileges.
2. The only thing other than privileges that is taxable is foreign affairs taxation of aliens under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
3. IRS Publication 519, 26 C.F.R. §1.1441-1(c)(3), and 26 C.F.R. §1.871-1 ONLY mention “aliens” as being taxable AS non-resident aliens.
4. 26 U.S.C. §873(b)(c) lists “U.S. nationals” as “nonresident alien INDIVIDUALS” ONLY when they pursue privileged deductions. These deductions do NOT come under 26 U.S.C. §871(a).

3.3. “Effectively Connected” is Usually Voluntary

This scenario is relevant to those filing 1040NR nonresident alien returns. Almost everything that goes on the 1040NR form is “effectively connected” and therefore PRIVILEGED. The only exception is what you put on the Schedule NEC.

Avoidance of Disclosure:

1. There are very few cases where “effectively connected” is actually mandatory.
2. Publication 519 doesn’t mention whether it’s optional of mandatory.
3. The result of invoking it in an income tax context is that you connect the earnings to a public franchise and make it taxable even though it wasn’t.

Defenses:

1. Carefully read and understand our document on this subject:
   The Truth About “Effectively Connecting”, Form #05.056
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/EffectivelyConnected.pdf
2. Avoid consenting to effectively connect.
3. Realize that MOST government payments fall under 26 U.S.C. §871(a) instead of 26 U.S.C. §871(b), because they are not profit-making government enterprises. Thus, they are taxable only to aliens.

3.4. Words on Government Forms and Statutes are Not Used in their Ordinary or Private Sense

Avoidance of Disclosure:

1. All words on government forms and in publications DO NOT have their ordinary meaning but their CIVIL STATUTORY meaning.
2. The vast majority of Amercans receive no legal training in public school.
3. The result is that they erroneously attribute the ordinary meaning to words on government forms and publications.
4. Common legal words that don’t mean what you think they mean:
   4.1. “Person”: CIVIL person legislatively created by Congress which is a fictional office within the government.
   4.2. “Citizen”: CIVIL citizen who made a domicile or franchise election (consent)

Defenses:

1. Learn the law. Follow our free Path to Freedom process:
   Path to Freedom, Form #09.015
   https://sedm.org/Forms/09-Procs/PathToFreedom.pdf
2. Lean how legal words are abused to deceive you:
   Legal Deception, Propaganda, and Fraud, Form #05.014
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/LegalDecPropFraud.pdf

3.5. PRESUMING that if you are born or naturalized in the country, you are ALWAYS a POLITICAL citizen in every scenario

When you are asking for a USA passport or in employment scenarios where the I-9 (foreign affairs) is mandated, people will ask you if you are a “citizen” and not define the context: POLITICAL or CIVIL. What they are REALLY asking is if you are born or naturalized here because they are enforcing a POLITICAL function, not a CIVIL function. But, they abuse the opportunity to make you LOOK like a CIVIL citizen.

Avoidance of Disclosure:

1. Never saying which context is implied in each case.
2. PRESUMING that because you are a POLITICAL citizen, you are also a CIVIL citizen.

Defenses:

1. Qualifying every use of the term “citizen” as your status at BIRTH and not NOW. This is consistent with the TWO definitions of what a POLITICAL citizen* is in the Fourteenth Amendment and 8 U.S.C. §1401.
2. Use the following attachment with your passport application:
   USA Passport Application Attachment, Form #06.007**
   https://sedm.org/product/usa-passport-application-attachment-form-06-007/
3. Using the following for tax withholding purposes and NEVER the W-4 or W-8BEN:
   W-8SUB, Form #04.231
   https://sedm.org/Forms/04-Tax/2-Withholding/W-8SUB.pdf

4. FURTHER READING:

More at:

1. An Introduction to Sophistry Course, Form #12.042
   https://sedm.org/an-introduction-to-sophistry/
2. Avoiding Traps in Government Forms Course, Form #12.023
   https://sedm.org/LibertyU/AvoidingTrapsGovForms.pdf
3. Policy Document: IRS Fraud and Deception About the Statutory Word “Person”, Form #08.023
   https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/IRSPerson.pdf
4. Legal Deception, Propaganda, and Fraud, Form #05.014
   https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/LegalDecPropFraud.pdf
5. Third Rail Government Issues, Form #08.032
   https://sedm.org/Forms/08-PolicyDocs/ThirdRailIssues.pdf