
What I finally realized is that conspiracies of that scope and much larger are part of the world view of Kent Hovind, who while claiming not to be a tax protester, played one in court and prison and the continual promotion of his innocence narrative.Īnd Young Earth Creationism, the notion that real science supports a hyper-literal reading of Genesis that allows you to arrive at the age of the universe by summing up begats and tacking on six days requires an even grander conspiracy.

What is preposterous, besides the arguments themselves, is that they always lose in court except for the occasional criminal acquittal using the Cheek defense, In order for them to be right, there would have to be a conspiracy involving the entire federal judiciary among others.

The movement lives on with, among others, Joe Bannister – Agent of Truth. The grandfather of the movement and possibly the inventor of many of the arguments is Irwin Schiff. It is that most people who pay federal income tax are being deceived into paying a tax that really does not apply to them. The people who are commonly called tax protesters, a term they dislike, have a pretty preposterous belief.

The way this connects with tax is kind of intriguing. I asked him to look into the odd interaction of Kent Hovind and flat earth.
