America - Freedom to Fascism (2006)?

Question

Has anyone seen America - Freedom to Fascism and what is your opinion on the credibility and accurateness of the film?

Please only answer if you've seen it!!!!

Answer 1

Yes, I saw it. As a liberatarian and a person who loves documentaries, I was hoping for great things.

But I was very disappointed. I found the film to be intellectually dishonest and a vehicle for the filmmaker to further his political beliefs with blatant misformation. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and educate the viewer. This one doesn't.

Here are some examples:

--- The film claims there is no law that requires someone to pay income tax with the only explanation that we pay tax is because of a huge conspiracy with everyone in government going along.

I thought it was odd the filmmaker could not find the statute. So I looked it up on the internet and found it in five minutes

Ref:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26_10_A.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00006012----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000001----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00000003----000-.html
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sec_26_00006651----000-.html



Huh? If it is so easy to find, why does the filmmaker say otherwise? In a NY times story, he was aware of the U.S. Code legalizing income tax but claims that doesn't count.
(ref http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/movies/31russ.html?ex=1311998400&en=05c0d0988f58fc50&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss ) OK, that's fine but a good documentary maker would tell the whole story, not leave out signficant facts because they harm his main thesis.

--- Another claim: The 16th amendment was not ratified. Yet there are countless sources that say otherwise. Wikipedia lists all the states and the dates they ratified it. The arguments against ratification are actually quite interesting but the filmmaker does not bother to inform us those reasons; only paint it as part of the conspiracy.

I did find the RFID segment to be accurate as well the things that *could* happen with it. And that is something that will have to be argued on a case-by-case basis.

In the final analysis, the film is entertaining and a fine example of political propaganda and conspiracy.

And that's too bad. There is a lot of legitimate issues to be addressed with our tax system. But if you use the arguments fron this film, you'll just be dismissed as a wacko.

For more detail on some of the income tax arguments, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_constitutional_arguments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_statutory_arguments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_conspiracy_arguments

Answer 2

It's a movie that says wrong things about the USA- the land of the free!