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Income Taxes, The Vampire of Civilization - Bibliography and Footnotes
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Bibliography
"Amendment 16", Constitution of the Unisted States, ratified on February 3, 1913
Adams, Charles, "Our Income Taxation: The Darker Side", unpublished article
-------- For Good and Evil, The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization, (Maryland, Madison Books, 1993)
Borton, Douglas, "Fangs", Vampire Detectives, Martin Greenberg, Editor, (New York, DAW Books, Inc., 1995)
Buchanan, Patrick J., "Federal sales tax: Idea of the decade?", New York Post, (April 17, 1991)
-------- "Brave new world: no tax forms, no IRS", The Washington Times, (April 15, 1995)
Byers, Richard Lee, Netherworld, (New York, Harper Paperbacks, 1995)
Chrysler Corporation, "Rediscover America - You Want New Tax Laws Now", (The Time Inc. Magazine Company, 1991) page unknow
-------- on the Internet (http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/officers/richard.html, 1995)
-------- “Form 1040 - 1994"
Diogenes, The April Game, Secrets of an Internal Revenue Agent, (Chicago, Playboy Press, 1973)
Fink, Roland W., "The Forecast for the Next Tax Bill - Cloudy", Greenberg & Jackson, An Accountancy Corporation Newsletter, (Los Angeles, Greenberg & Jackson, 1995)
Flanigan, James, "A New Tax Structure to Shelter U.S. Savings", Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1995
Hall, Robert E., and Rabushka, Alvin, Low Tax, Simple Tax, Flat Tax (New York, McGraw-Hill, 1983)
Hambly, Barbara, Those Who Hunt the Night, (New York, Del Rey Books, 1988)
Hansen, George, To Harass Our People, The IRS and Government Abuse of Power, (Washington, D.C., Positive Publications, 1984)
Hayes, Steven L., transcript of address to Ways and Means Committee, Revitalize the American Economy: Replace the Income Tax with a National Sales Tax, (June 8, 1995) 5
-------- A National Sales Tax - America's Salvation?, promotional article, (Los Angeles, C.A.T.S., date unknown)
Hubbard, L. Ron, "HCO Policy Letter of 13 March 1972 - Production and Establishment - Orders and Products", Management Series, Volume 1, (Los Angeles, Bridge Publications, 1982)
-------- "HCO Policy Letter of 3 December 1971 - Executive Series 4 - Exchange", Management Series, Volume 2, (Los Angeles, Bridge Publications, 1983)
Katz, Howard S., Honest Money Now!, (New York, Books in Focus, Inc., 1979)
Keffer, William R., "National sales tax should replace U.S. income tax", The Dallas Morning News, November 12, 1992
The Kiplinger Tax Letter Vol 69, m 22, (Washington, D.C., Oct. 21, 1994)
-------- Vol. 70 m 6, (Washington, D.C., March 10, 1995)
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-------- Vol 70, m 12, (Washington, D.C., June 2, 1995)
Kotlikoff, Laurence J., "The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sale Tax", Policy Analysis, m 193, (Washington, D.C., Cato Institute, 1993)
MacMillan, Scott, Knights of the Blood (New York: Penguin Books, 1993)
Minshull, Ruth, How to Choose Your People, (Ann Arbor, MI, Scientology Ann Arbor, 1972)
Payne, James L., The Scandal Washington Doesn't Know About Yet, article, publisher and date unknown.
Perot, Ross, Not for Sale at Any Price, (New York, United We Stand, Inc., 1993)
Qualls, John H., "The Impact of a National Sales Tax on the United States Economy", (Glendale, CA, C.A.T.S., 1991)
Roberts, Paul Craig, "GOP Generals, Train Your Guns in the Income Tax," Business Week, (January 30, 1995)
Ross, Michael, and Shogren, Elizabeth, "GOP Leaders Vow Quick Drive to Cut Capital Gains Tax", Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1994
Saberhagen, Fred, A Matter of Taste, (New York, Tor Books, 1990)
Schaefer, Rep. Dan, "Sales tax would cure what ails U.S.", Rocky Mountain News, April 13, 1993
Sherman, Brad, "Letters to the Editor - Cox on Federal Income Tax", Los Angeles, Times, June 28, 1995
Songy, Jerry, Chief, Examination Division, Los Angeles District, "Measuring Taxpayer Compliance", News & Notes For the Tax Practitioner, (Los Angeles, Internal Revenue Service, Spring 1995) 2
Spidell’s California Taxletter - California Tax News for the Tax Professional, (Anaheim, Spidell Publishing, Inc., December 1, 1989)
Starobin, Paul, "Tax Reform Derby", National Journal, (5/6/95)
Tait, Alan A., Value Added Tax - International Practice and Problems, (International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., 1988) 10-14
Trotter, Jack, "Leaders should OK national sales tax", Midland Reporter-Telgram (December 19, 1993)
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Statistical Abstract of the United States 1994, (U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., 1994)
“U.S. targets Japanese cars for punitive tariffs”, on the Internet - http:// futures.wharton.upenn.edu/~bashor67/more.html
Valenti, Jack, and Trotter, Jack, "Let's figure out a better way to tax", The Washington Times, (Washington, D.C., April 15, 1994)
The Wellington Letter, "An Agenda for Vigorous Economic Growth", (September, 1992)
World Book Dictionary, Volume23 (A-K) (Chicago, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981)
"Actium, Battle of", Volume 1 (A)
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Footnotes
1.  Scott MacMillan, Knights of the Blood (New York: Penguin Books, 1993) 48 _ Knights of Blood is a fiction book about vampire knights from the Crusades
 2. Barbara Hambly, Those Who Hunt the Night, (New York, Del Rey Books, 1988) 87 _ A vampire forces an ex_agent of the British Secret Service to help him find a killer of vampires.
 3. All cartoons from the Los Angeles Daily News Comics section, March _ August, 1995
 4. "More than 106 million 1040s were filed for '93" The Kiplinger Tax Letter Vol 70, 9, (Washington, D.C., April 21, 1995), 1
 5. Department of Treasury, on the Internet (http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/officers/richard.html, 1995) 1
 6. Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka, Low Tax, Simple Tax, Flat Tax (New York, McGraw_Hill, 1983) 5
 7. James L. Payne, The Scandal Washington Doesn't Know About Yet, article, publisher and date unknown.
 8. The IRS, in the instruction book for Form 1040 (page 4), gives estimates for preparing each form of a tax return. As an example, Form 1040 should take 11:35 hours of compiling the data, recordkeeping, reading instructions, filling in the form, calculating the taxes, copying, assembling and mailing the form to the IRS. This does not include any time for any other forms you may want to attach such as Schedule A _ Itemized Deductions. That takes an additional 4:35 hours to complete. Your actual mileage _ er _ time may vary.
 9. Charles Adams, For Good and Evil, The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization, (Maryland, Madison Books, 1993) xvii
 10. ibid
 11. Steven L. Hayes, A National Sales Tax _ America's Salvation?, promotional article, (Los Angeles, C.A.T.S., date unknown), 4
 12. Diogenes, The April Game, Secrets of an Internal Revenue Agent, (Chicago, Playboy Press, 1973), 180_181
 13. Jack Valenti and Jack Trotter, "Let's figure out a better way to tax", The Washington Times, (Washington, D.C., April 15, 1994) page unknown
 14. Paul Craig Roberts, "GOP Generals, Train Your Guns in the Income Tax," Business Week, (January 30, 1995), 22
 15. L. Ron Hubbard, "HCO Policy Letter of 13 March 1972 _ Production and Establishment _ Orders and Products", Management Series, Volume 1, (Los Angeles, Bridge Publications, 1982), 171
 16. Hall and Rabushka, 10
 17. Diogenes, Chapter 14, "The Middle_Income Taxpayer's Cheating Guide", 208_228
 18. World Book Dictionary, Volume 23 (A_K) (Chicago, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981) 490, def. 1
 19. Brad Sherman, "Letters to the Editor _ Cox on Federal Income Tax", Los Angeles, Times, June 28, 1995, B8
 20. James Flanigan, "A New Tax Structure to Shelter U.S. Savings",Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1995, D1
 21. The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Vol. 70 6, (Washington, D.C., March 10, 1995), 1
 22. Michael Ross and Elizabeth Shogren, "GOP Leaders Vow Quick Drive to Cut Capital Gains Tax", Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1994, Section A
 23. ibid, A20
 24. Patrick J. Buchanan, "Brave new world: no tax forms, no IRS",The Washington Times, April 15, 1995, page unknown
 25. Rep. Dan Schaefer, "Sales tax would cure what ails U.S.",Rocky Mountain News, April 13, 1993, page unknown
 26. Van Helsing was the man who tracked down Dracula and destroyed him by driving a stake through his heart.
 27. Fred Saberhagen, A Matter of Taste, (New York, Tor Books, 1990) 63 _ Saberhagen writes a fictional account of Dracula's life, death and undeath from 1476 to 1990.
 28. Adams, read the whole book, For Good and Evil, The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization. Adams shows how in every civilization, taxes were a major factor in the downfall of such societies.
 29. Spidell's California Taxletter _ California Tax News for the Tax Professional, (Anaheim, Spidell Publishing, Inc., December 1, 1989) 113_114
 30. ibid, 27_30
 31. ibid, 17_22
 32. Diogenes, 54
 33. Adams, 23_24
 34. ibid, 24
 35. ibid, 52
 36. L. Ron Hubbard, "HCO Policy Letter of 3 December 1971 _Executive Series 4 _ Exchange", Management Series, Volume 2, (Los Angeles, Bridge Publications, 1983) 148
 37. Adams, 58
 38. ibid, 89
 39. ibid, 89
 40. "Actium, Battle of" and "Roman Empire", The World Book Encyclopedia, Volumes 1 (A) and 16 (Q_R) (Chicago, World Book Encyclopedia, 1981) 27, 389 respectively
 41. Adams, 153_160
 42. ibid, 163_176
 43. Diogenes, 229
 44. Adams, 268
 45. Diogenes, 59
 46. Adams, 323
 47. "Amendment 16", Constitution of the United States, ratified on February 3, 1913, first paragraph
 48. Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse, (New York, Ace Books, 1994) 182 _ Hamilton tells the story of a female vampire hunter in a present day alternate world St. Louis, Missouri.
 49. Of course, each of us has our own opinion about who the non_earners are _ those on welfare, foreign countries, etc. _ not to mention disagreement about spending on defense, education, etc.
 50. Ruth Minshull, How to Choose Your People, (Ann Arbor, MI, Scientology Ann Arbor, 1972) 260_261
Downscale means to go down in emotional tone.
 51. "Child Labor _ U.S. Federal Laws", The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 3 (C_Ch) (Chicago, World Book Encyclopedia, 1981) 364
 52. "Juvenile Delinquency _ Extent of Delinquency", The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 11 (J_K) (Chicago, World Book Encyclopedia, 1981) 170
 53. U.S. Unemployment Rate graph _ Ross Perot, Not for Sale at Any Price, (New York, United We Stand, Inc., 1993) 46 _ Mr. Perot's source was the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Income and Profit Taxes graph _ combination of: 1955_1975 _ "Income Tax", World Book Encyclopedia (Chicago, World Book Encyclopedia, 1981) Volume 10 (I) 87; 1985 _ U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Statistical Abstract of the United States 1994, (U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., 1994) 341; 1995 _ The Department of the Treasury on the Internet, http:/www.ustreas.gov/treasury/ officers/richard.html, 1; Payne, 1
 54. World Book Dictionary, Volume 23 (A_K) (Chicago, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981) 490, def. 1
 55. 1994 RIA Federal Tax Handbook, (New York, Research Institute of America, Inc., 1993) 684
 56. U.S. Treasury Department, "Form 1040 _ 1994", 2
 57. Hall and Rabushka, 10
 58. Diogenes, 42 _ And what of the taxpayer who is honest? Diogenes goes on to state, "This gives him a warm little glow for a moment, until it occurs to him that nobody will know he is honest." 44
 59. Adams, 465_466
 60. Jerry Songy, Chief, Examination Division, Los Angeles District, "Measuring Taxpayer Compliance", News & Notes For the Tax Practitioner, (Los Angeles, Internal Revenue Service, Spring 1995) 2
 61. The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Vol 70, 12, (Washington, D.C. , June 2, 1995) 4
 62. The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Vol 69, 22, (Washington, D.C. , Oct. 21, 1994) 4
 63. Diogenes, 47
 64. Perot, 21
 65. Well, I'm sure some politician would find some use for it _ like a swimming pool and golf course in his backyard to entertain visiting dignitaries.
 66. Jack Trotter, "Leaders should OK national sales tax", Midland Reporter_Telegram (December 19, 1993) page unknown
 67. "U.S. targets Japanese cars for punitive tariffs", on the Internet _ http://futures.wharton.upenn.edu /~bashor67/more.html
 68. Buchanan, unknown
 69. If he lives in California he has an additional $4.00 deducted for Disability Insurance ($5.50 for the overtime total) and $8.24 for state withholding (income tax). With the overtime his withholding is $17.56 _ an increase of $9.32 or 113% for a 25% increase in work!! Data calculated from California Employer's Guide, published by the State of California, Employment Development Department, DE 44 Rev. 21 (1_95) 70
 70. Data calculated using Circular E, Employer's Tax Guide, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, (Rev. January 1995) 34_35
 71. William R. Keffer, "National sales tax should replace U.S. income tax", The Dallas Morning News, November 12, 1992, 29A
 72. The concept that the income tax system is supposed to equalize the economic classes with its graduated rates is comprehensive enough to warrant a complete paper in itself and so I will not discuss this in length at this time. See pages 9 and 10 of this paper for a brief discussion on this subject.
 73. Howard S. Katz, Honest Money Now!, (New York, Books in Focus, Inc., 1979) 7
 74. This is not a recommendation for selfishness. On the other hand, if one is not surviving well then one can not help others very well, either.
 75. Charles Adams, "Our Income Taxation: The Darker Side", unpublished article
 76. Payne, 2
 77. George Hansen, To Harass Our People, The IRS and Government Abuse of Power, (Washington, D.C., Positive Publications, 1984) 24_30
 78. The Wellington Letter, "An Agenda for Vigorous Economic Growth", (September, 1992) 17
 79. Flanigan, D4
 80. Roberts, 22
 81. Richard Lee Byers, Netherworld, (New York, Harper Paperbacks, 1995) 25 _ A distraught man enlists the aid of a vampire to find his lover's killer.
 82. Chrysler Corporation, "Rediscover America _ You Want New Tax Laws Now", (The Time Inc. Magazine Company, 1991) page unknown
 83. Steven L. Hayes, transcript of address to Ways and Means Committee, Revitalize the American Economy: Replace the Income Tax with a National Sales Tax, (June 8, 1995) 5 _ transcript available from C.A.T.S. (213) 255_8878
 84. Ross and Shogren, A20
 85. Flanigan, D1
 86. Roland W. Fink, "The Forecast for the Next Tax Bill _ Cloudy",Greenberg & Jackson, An Accountancy Corporation Newsletter, (Los Angeles, Greenberg & Jackson, 1995) 1_2 _ available from Greenberg & Jackson at (213) 666_7700
 87. Hayes, 8
 88. Fink, 2
 89. Paul Starobin, "Tax Reform Derby", National Journal, (5/6/95) 1132
 90. Some argue that everyone can take advantage of all possible deductions. This is theoretically true, however, if you can't afford to buy a house then you're not going to be able to write off mortgage interest on your tax return.
 91. The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Vol. 70, 10, (Washington, D.C., May 5, 1995) 1
 92. Starobin, 1132
 93. Flanigan, D1
 94. The Kiplinger Tax Letter, Vol. 70, 6, (Washington, D.C., March 10, 1995) 1
 95. The current tax code is 9,419 pages long. In the office where I work preparing tax returns we have a relatively small library of tax reference material. We only have about 200 different books on the subject plus a CD_ROM about tax laws and rules that is equivalent in volume to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Additionally, our tax preparation software for 10 years of programs takes up over 160,000,000 bytes on a hard drive _ about one_fourth the size of the Britannica.
 96. Kiplinger, 1
 97. Diogenes, 240
 98. ibid, 241
 99. Alan A. Tait, Value Added Tax _ International Practice and Problems, (International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., 1988) 10_14
 100. ibid, 228
 101. Valenti and Trotter, page unknown
 102. Douglas Borton, "Fangs", Vampire Detectives, Martin Greenberg, Editor, (New York, DAW Books, Inc., 1995) 133
 103. Bill Gates is founder and CEO of Microsoft. He is reputed to be the richest man in the country.
 104. Patrick J. Buchanan, "Federal sales tax: Idea of the decade?", New York Post, (April 17, 1991) 25
 105. Citizens for an Alternative Tax System, Why Should We Remove the Income Tax, Eliminate the IRS and Substitute the National Sales Tax?, promotional flyer, 1994
 106. Trotter, 1
 107. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Statistical Abstract of the United States 1994, (U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., 1994) 341
 108. ibid
 109. Laurence J. Kotlikoff, "The Economic Impact of Replacing Federal Income Taxes with a Sale Tax", Policy Analysis, 193, (Washington, D.C., Cato Institute, 1993) 1
 110. ibid, 14
 111. John H. Qualls, "The Impact of a National Sales Tax on the United States Economy", (Glendale, CA, C.A.T.S., 1991) 9
 112. ibid, 11
 113. Schafer, 1
 114. Trotter, 1
 115. Borton, 134_135
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