From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 13:39:19 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Burden of proof
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At 1:53 AM 8/15/96, Alan Horowitz wrote:

>In the USA, we have a system that ensures that the burden of proof is on
>the accuser.

Which explains why in the  U.S. the tax authorities take the money first
and then require the citizen to be the "accuser" in Tax Court, pleading to
get his seized assets back.

(To outsiders, the U.S. tax authorities have broad powers to seize
properties without any court process, to attach wages, to deputize
employers and banks as unpaid tax collectors, and to harass citizens.
Citizen-units may sue, of course, but the burden of proof is on them to
prove that they are owed a refund. A man who saves money and puts it in his
mattress can have it seized and taken from him. He must produce proof that
it is his money, never mind that he already paid taxes on it and never mind
that there is no way someone who saves currency can have a proper paper
trail. So much for "burdens of proof.")

--Tim May

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