Originally published by Kettle Moraine, Ltd. on January 14, 2002 in the early days of the Original Federal Observer.com – but it DOES deal with Health – or does it? ~ Editor
I went to see my Doctor at the Hershey Medical Center. I proceeded to explain to him that there was no law requiring most people to pay Federal Income Taxes. Dr. Richard Levine got all upset and called the Emergency Room. He then asked me to go to the emergency room and talk to a psychiatrist. Dr. Levine said to me that he did not know if the Psychiatrist would Hospitalize me or not for stating that there was no law requiring most people to pay Income Taxes. He said that a few days in the Hospital might do me some good.
I did not go to the Emergency Room I went home because I did not want to go to the Psychiatric Ward. When I returned to Dr. Levine’s office for a follow-up appointment, I told him that I did not go to the Emergency Room. Dr. Levine called my boyfriend into his office with us and told my boyfriend that I was having Delusional thoughts. He then proceeded to ask me if I still thought that there was no law requiring most people to pay Income taxes. I said “No I thought about that and it would be impossible for the Government to fool the entire Nation.” I had to say something or he probably would have had me locked up. I hated saying something existed that I knew didn’t. Continue reading
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