The library clerk<\/a> goes on to tell me that sovereign citizens don\u2019t have to pay taxes because of the \u201cstraw man\u201d theory. The explanation of this is convoluted and takes a while for my brain to process. But the idea is that all humans have two personas, a legal entity and their physical self, and the latter is not responsible for the debts or taxes of the former.<\/p>\nYet the IRS is very aware of the \u201cstraw man\u201d theory and will fine an individual who uses it $5,000 for filing a \u201cfrivolous tax return.\u201d<\/p>\n
I try to explain this, but to no avail.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust write the word Frank where the stamp goes,\u201d I hear another inmate telling a friend in the library.<\/p>\n
I have to ask what he is talking about. He tells me that it is common knowledge that a very wealthy man named Frank died and donated his millions of dollars to the U.S. Postal Service. Now all poor people have to do is write his name on an envelope in place of a stamp, and the mail will be delivered for free.<\/p>\n
Many prisoners swear they have used this method, and that it works. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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