New York is notorious for being hard on people who try to skip out on jury duty. Many people try to make lame excuses and end up paying fines and serving anyway. Well, I got out clean. The sent me the form and it had one of those jurats on it, so I sent a letter asking them what they meant by "citizen of the United States." They sent back another form, this time I shot back specifically; is this a term of art, or a term of law. If law, where is it defined. I further stated if it was in a statute, then it didn't apply to me, because (we all know of course!) statutes are not law, unless of course one IS one of those statutorily defined "citizens." (there' a HUGE "catch 22" in there. . .) That status MUST be entirely voluntary, to be in accordance with their own 13th amendment. Notice New York is asking me if I am a citizen of the UNITED STATES!?

Never heard back from them, that was years ago. But they assume if you are asking for a benefit (SS) you have "opted" in to the whole vile game. But again, no terms and conditions are given, such as you waive all access to article III judicial proceedings. (found in title 28) That, in a nutshell, is actionable fraud.

They know the criminal game they are playing. Lawyers have subverted the entire system and turned it into nothing more than a money making machine. It sure ain't "government."

Funny that Chad is D&D fan. I use that game as an example of how the law works. Sure, by their statutes, regulations, federal register etc there's this "income tax" thingy. . . but the first question is does any of that even apply to me? (no) When I'm explaining things in front of my white boards I tell listeners that it's a game of dungeons and dragons, and I sure have violated the rules thereof, but who says I can be compelled to play dungeons and dragons in the first place?

If I can't do a thing to you, and you cannot do it to me, then nobody has any authority to gather collectively and do it to everybody or anybody.

Really, government behaves no differently than if you suddenly got a letter in te mail stating you are in violation of rule 33(b) of the Mickey Mouse Club, and therefore owe a fine and risk imprisonment. I never joined any Mickey Mouse Club?!?? But people see officious stationery and fear sets in. You can easily tell them to stuff it. Just be ready to call bullshit on 'em, should they drag your butt into one of their fake courts. (again they assume you agreed there would be no judiciary. . . it was right there on the SSN contract.. didn't you see it?) riiiiight.

I add is an infant competent to enter an agreement or contract? Gee, maybe our educational standards are higher than we think!

What they ply is executive-branch "administrative law," which are really private, corporate bylaws, ("owned" by the BAR) in a venue in which you are presumed to have waived all inalienable rights.

I'm editing a book on this subject atm.

Check it out, there's all manner of "court decisions" in which a judge says if you want your rights you have to first know them, then fight-fight-fight to the death for them. One supreme court justice once said along the line of 'everybody sitting in a prison in America today volunteered their way in,' meaning DIDN'T know the operative presumption the lawyers have crafted for themselves.

The limited liability isn't just that you don't have to pay for your cat food after you retire, it includes "laws" that dictate what "rights" you have against your "employer." You give up the inalienable right to contract in exchange for the "government" intervening on your behalf as prescribed by "law."

It's an immense fraud. There are no "officers" of government occupying any office created by any constitution. They are "employees" of an incorporated "government." A judge is not a judge, he's an administrative magistrate playing judge. The president is not president, he/she is the CEO of said corp. As a result one of the most important guarantees of your liberties is completely absent: separation of powers.

I ran all this by the supreme court, in a tangential way, and they saw fit to call off the dogs. I know people don't want to believe it, but the "government" you see is actually the most successful criminal enterprise in the history of the planet.