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'''Aaron Russo''' is an [[United States|American]] entertainment businessman, film maker, [[United States Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] political figure.

Russo directed, produced, and wrote America: Freedom to Fascism, a documentary that, among other claims, restates the arguments of the Tax Honesty Movement regarding the U.S. Federal income tax.

The New York Times notes that early in the film Mr. Russo, asserts that every president since Woodrow Wilson and every member of Congress has perpetrated a hoax to tax people’s wages and issue them dubious currency. This assertion is supported by the Texas Congressman, Ron Paul.

The documentary includes interviews with a host of people who are experts, scholars and whistle-blowers. All deny the legitimacy of the income-tax laws, including Irwin Schiff, who is now in jail because a judge refused to allow Irwin to read into the record the relevant statutes and regulations to defend himself. The judge stated that he would decide what the law was.  While this may be normal procedure in our courts of “just us”, it is the jury who is to decide the verdict based on the law.  The judge had promised to provide the jury with the law that required Irwin to file a tax return. When the jury asked for that law while in deliberations, the judge refused.  Even a former Commissioner of the IRS was unable to site the law that requires the average American working in the private sector to file a 1040.  A former Commissioner should be able to quote that law “off the top of their head”.

 

The movie had many people in tears. One of the most revolting parts, in terms of what has become of our country, was a woman who was shot with a Taser gun by two police officers who had pulled her over and discovered that her license was "expired". Once she was shot and screaming in pain they pulled her from the car and threw her on the ground. The cops kept yelling for her to put her hands behind her back. Because of the electrical current from the Taser she was unable to and kept telling the cops she couldn't. So the cops "tased" her again. It was sickening to see our law enforcement officers behaving as terrorists and basically torturing an American citizen. The lady, after being forcibly handcuffed, asked what she was being arrested for, "your license is expired" was the reply.

* Supports weakening the control of the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and the [[Federal Reserve System]] over the economy.

* Demands that the IRS "in a public forum, reveal the law that requires Americans to pay" the federal income tax. The "IRS refuses to say what law makes U.S. citizens liable for income tax" argument.