Even absent snow, North Dakota can be brutal during the winter months, especially February. (I know, I live in North Dakota).
On February 13, 1983, US Marshal Kenneth Muir, and Deputy US Marshal Robert Cheshire Jr., were killed - local law officers wounded, attempting to serve a warrant on Gordon Kahl - "Tax protester". (The picture above is the infamous crime scene that fateful day in Medina, North Dakota.).While Gordon escaped unharmed, his son Yori was shot several times in the ensuing gun battle.(Gordon was later killed in Arkansas in a nationwide manhunt).
Both sides have had their stories told with much conflicting information, but I am attempting to discuss the similarities between both sides...the tragic similarities that affected so many friends and family members - And for WHY?
The 2 Marshals, deputies of the federal courts, just doing their job - doing what they are "paid" to do...operating on their belief system -vs- Gordon Kahl, distressed farmer in a horrible farm economy - just trying to eek out a living, witnessing the hardships worked out upon him, his family, his neighbors in Heaton, North Dakota, operating on his belief system.
The Marshals, representing a long hisory of the US Marshals Service (The History Channel did an excellent series), proud, hard working, "TAX PAYING" - Gordon Kahl, representing farmers, a long, proud history (The "Shot heard round the world" which triggered The American Revolution, was fired by a farmer with an unregistered gun), hard working, once "TAX PAYING" - traded shots that day in Medina, North Dakota over ERROUNEOUS AND IGNORANT BELIEFS!
For in 1983, the Marshals weren't paid, and paid no taxes - they had nothing to pay taxes with.
In 1983, Gordon Kahl protested the ILLUSION of taxes, for he did NOT understand the purpose of the IRS (to regulate consumption and consumers), nor did he understand the nature of CREDIT - neither party did! The media didn't tell them, the government schools didn't teach them, however, the Federal Reserve System had been publishing the truth long before this horrid incident.
WHY would reasonable, honorable men meet on the field of battle to shoot it out over their beliefs concerning taxes - WHEN EITHER SIDE NEVER DISCUSSED THE ABILITY TO PAY TAXES IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Why don't reasonable, honorable, thinking men first discuss a PAYMENTS MECHANISM prior to discussing tax liabilities, who must file, how, what rights are waived, etc...?
A tragedy that affercted many innocents on both sides never had to happen. A Honorable, WWII veteran, and Honorable US Marshals never needed to die over such nonsense. And its all because educated men believe such fables and fairytales such as: Governments collect, spend and waste taxes - banks lend money.
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