Tax Evaders Captured By Their Own Stupidity

WMUR News of New Hampshire reports that Ed and Elaine Brown (or “The Plainfield Jackasses”) were captured in their own home by U.S. Marshalls posing as supporters.

The two idiots, who had earlier declared that they would not come out alive, were apparently big talk and no walk.

WMUR reports:

The undercover officers were invited in by the Browns on Thursday evening, and before the couple realized they weren’t supporters, they were already under arrest.

“Ultimately, this open-door policy that they seemed to have, which allowed the Browns to have some supporters bring them supplies, welcome followers and even host a picnic — this proved to be their undoing,” U.S. Marshal Stephen Monier said. “They invited us in. We escorted them out.”

The story goes on to say that the Browns (known locally as the “Dynamic Dumbasses”) had been in a standoff with police since April over tax evasion charges. They claimed that there is no law forcing them to pay taxes and refused to surrender.

Every five to ten years we hear about a family or “militia” group getting into a standoff with police over some nonsense about how the feds cannot legally make us pay taxes. And every time it ends with the “patriots” either being gunned down or dragged off to prison. In either circumstance, the feds end up with your property.

Now, I am by no means a tax or legal expert. However I do have more common sense than a yellow post-it pad, and that is more than enough to figure out that if the feds surround your house and tell you to “come on outtta their, y’alls surrounded” then you will WILL lose any and every upcoming physical confrontation. If you don’t believe me, just ask the Browns, or David Koresh (the Branch Davidians), or Randy Weaver (Ruby Ridge), or Dick Wilson (Wounded Knee), etc., etc.

I am not saying that any of these people or groups were right or wrong. I am saying that when you choose the route of direct physical confrontation with the U.S. Government, you will lose.

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