Sovereign Citizens Dodge Taxes, Claim to Be From "Kingdom of Heaven"

[GoLeft TV]

A Minneapolis woman is being charged with obstruction after refusing to pay income taxes for seven years. What was her reason for dodging taxes? She claims that she and her husband are not U.S. residents, but residents of the “kingdom of heaven." And, as we all know, no taxes are allowed there.

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss this story.

[CanonRay]

1. And now she's being persecuted for her beliefs

bwahahahahahaha

[ldlew]

2. deportation

I guess we need to deport them!

[alfredo]

3. Were's their Green Card?

[Riverman100]

4. so citizens of Heaven?

Then they should not be allowed to vote here

[rurallib]

9. or live here without the appropriate documents

would they be undocumented?

[Kablooie]

5. Residents of the kingdom of heaven don't need electricity, water, food or clothes.

To be kind we should treat her the way she would be in her own kingdom.

[csziggy]

6. If those are with held from her she really will be a resident of Heaven!

Does her pastor agree with her claims of ascendance?

[allan01]

7. hem

teacher . shall we pay ourt taxes ? jesus . whose likness is on this coin. ceasers . render unto ceasers , what is ceasers , rende what is gods unto god hem .

[jmowreader]

8. This is standard "Free Stater" bullshit

They're not "residents" or "citizens" of a taxing jurisdiction, but rather "free inhabitants" - a phrase you'll find in the Articles of Confederation. They don't seem to notice a "free inhabitant" is someone who's neither a slave nor a prisoner, nor do they seem to notice the Articles have been superseded by the Constitution.

[jtuck004]

10. You just need to produce an envelope with your name and address, say a utility bill,

delivered to your home by a competent authority.

And then that bell can ring, baby.

[tomm2thumbs]

11. They must live in Nutjob, USA (just outside City of Bonkers)

I think they'll need to find a bail bondsman from their darling little kingdom soon... hope they accept collect calls.

[DirkGently]

12. Oh, man

I think "Kingdom of heaven" miiiiight be in Florida.

At least I once ran into some tax protestor types here with that as their mailing address.

They were filing (federal law-created) bankruptcy.