THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ISN'T A SELF-CORRECTIVE DOCUMENT
Tax Report expert Laura Saunders wisely warns readers to always respond to mailings from the IRS.
You may stash such requests. Who at the IRS will care? It's a revolving door constantly welcoming a new leader, reports Saunders. This agency "is now on its eighth leader since President Trump took office." Because of this leadership shuffle at the top, your tax delinquency will probably get lost, you say, and will disappear under an enormously high pile of tax returns.
Don't fall for this lunacy, cautions Saunders. Once you skip responding to the IRS, no matter how quirky or ridiculous their requests sound, you will be found out. Minus your prompt response, don't assume the IRS is a complicated network that will eventually correct your errors. Saunders offers wise counsel, "Don't assume the system will correct its own mistakes."
The Constitution, like the IRS, is not able to correct its mistakes, either.
Democracies do not magically repair themselves. It takes the patient, persistence efforts of voters who protest in rallies to spike changes for the public good. Neither our Republic, nor its formative document the Framers signed, are self-directed to make changes for voters' welfare.
Voters are challenged to protest injustices and insist on the right to be heard. This practice the Founders referred to as "civic virtue." Voters engage in sacrificial actions for greater good conferred on our citizens.
Our Republic was born in protest. During the Revolutionary War, roughly a third of the colonists supported the British Crown. Another third sat on the political fence, switching loyalties to the army scoring recent victories. The final third took a leap of faith and protested against King George III's heavy taxes.
Focusing on minorities who protested reveals a lens through which we accurately read our nation's history. A spark of dissent lit a blaze of outrage. Such protesters didn't give up nor give in. Their efforts helped right wrongs our Constitution previously allowed.
Our nation's historical script repeats itself. Patriots protested in the anti-slavery movement, then the Progressive Era to free children from labor in mills, the women's right to vote movement that persisted 70 years, the civil rights movement to restore dignity to non-white-faced citizens, , the gay rights marches, protests against wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan Iraq and Iran, plus parades to save our lands from environmental doom.
Citizens protest leaders who usurp human rights, acting like kings. Because of protests, our Constitution is refined and renewed to contain evils that harass us.
You may stash such requests. Who at the IRS will care? It's a revolving door constantly welcoming a new leader, reports Saunders. This agency "is now on its eighth leader since President Trump took office." Because of this leadership shuffle at the top, your tax delinquency will probably get lost, you say, and will disappear under an enormously high pile of tax returns.
Don't fall for this lunacy, cautions Saunders. Once you skip responding to the IRS, no matter how quirky or ridiculous their requests sound, you will be found out. Minus your prompt response, don't assume the IRS is a complicated network that will eventually correct your errors. Saunders offers wise counsel, "Don't assume the system will correct its own mistakes."
The Constitution, like the IRS, is not able to correct its mistakes, either.
Democracies do not magically repair themselves. It takes the patient, persistence efforts of voters who protest in rallies to spike changes for the public good. Neither our Republic, nor its formative document the Framers signed, are self-directed to make changes for voters' welfare.
Voters are challenged to protest injustices and insist on the right to be heard. This practice the Founders referred to as "civic virtue." Voters engage in sacrificial actions for greater good conferred on our citizens.
Our Republic was born in protest. During the Revolutionary War, roughly a third of the colonists supported the British Crown. Another third sat on the political fence, switching loyalties to the army scoring recent victories. The final third took a leap of faith and protested against King George III's heavy taxes.
Focusing on minorities who protested reveals a lens through which we accurately read our nation's history. A spark of dissent lit a blaze of outrage. Such protesters didn't give up nor give in. Their efforts helped right wrongs our Constitution previously allowed.
Our nation's historical script repeats itself. Patriots protested in the anti-slavery movement, then the Progressive Era to free children from labor in mills, the women's right to vote movement that persisted 70 years, the civil rights movement to restore dignity to non-white-faced citizens, , the gay rights marches, protests against wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan Iraq and Iran, plus parades to save our lands from environmental doom.
Citizens protest leaders who usurp human rights, acting like kings. Because of protests, our Constitution is refined and renewed to contain evils that harass us.