October 1, 1996
Letter Serial Number 96/10/01/01
Ms. Shirley Chater
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Dear Ms. Chater,
Please read this letter thoroughly.
I have been prompted by the Spirit of the Living God to investigate whether the Social Security Number is related to the number described in God's Word, the Holy Bible, the Revelation of John, Chapter 13. God's Word commands that no person receive a number used by a government system where a person may neither buy nor sell without the number. The description of the number does not confine the government number system (of populace control) to just obstructing buying and selling.
So, about a year ago, I began to pray for wisdom and discernment from the Living God about the issue and began to take steps to find out if the Social Security Number correlated to the characteristics of the number discussed in Revelation, Chapter 13.
The first step when my third child was born, I did not apply for a Social Security Number when directed by the hospital obstetrics ward administrator (Ms. Ditto). I received a very hostile response from Ms. Ditto. She told me the law required my child to have a Social Security Number (she could not tell me which law), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) required him to have a Social Security Number (meaning it is mandatory), my son would not be able to get a job (neither buy nor sell), he would not receive any benefits from the program without a number (obviously) and she continued to say it was mandatory for me to apply for a number for my child. This was my first red flag! My good sense told me it was probably not really mandatory by law or that there would at least be some sort of exemption for people like me who had religious convictions that compelled them to forsake this number system. After all, this is America, a Free country. I was certainly troubled by the things proported by Ms. Ditto and by the venomous behavior she exhibited as she tried to coerce me into applying for a Social Security Number for my son.
A couple of months later, I went to a Social Security Administration (SS) office and asked what age the law required me to get a Social Security Number for my children. The lady at the information window said it was not required by law for anyone to obtain or apply for a Social Security Number, it was a voluntary program (Great News) but you cannot receive benefits from the program without applying for a number. I then asked her how to get out of Social Security program since I did not want to volunteer to be in it. She said there was no way out and your number is yours even after you die. Red flag number two! It did not make sense. If it is voluntary, you should be able to not-volunteer once you find out it is voluntary. And since I was having serious religious conflicts with the program, there must be an avenue for a religious exemption. The lady at the information window also said the IRS required a Social Security Number for each of my children under two years old. Another enigma; how can the IRS require you to have something that falls under Social Security laws but is not required by the Social Security laws?
My next step was to bounce it off the IRS. So I sent in my tax return last August and told the IRS the Social Security Administration does not require my kids to have a Social Security Number. I put "Not Applicable" in the Social Security Number block for my kids. They sent me my full return without any question. But red flag number three comes in the IRS instructions that threaten and coerce people into thinking it is mandatory by law to have a Social Security Number for all of your children or your tax return will be delayed and you will be fined. They write all their threats in the passive voice as if to politely say you are a criminal if you do not comply with their instructions. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary/Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service are accountable for this misleading of the American people via the tax return instructions. Social Security Administration officers and employees are also accountable for telling falsehoods to people whom they are required by law to be providing accurate information about Social Security laws and requirements.
Next, I began a journey into the closed loop information system of the Social Security Administration. I went to another SS office in Hampton, Virginia and telephoned another office in Norfolk, Virginia. None of the information clerks could tell me how to get out of SS. I asked them who would know the information and the information desk clerks at both offices said they did not know. I asked both the Norfolk and Hampton offices if they had a copy of the Statutes or Codes regarding SS. They said they did not have them and seemed very surprised that I would expect them to have such information. They told me to ask my Congressman or look in the library. Red flag number four. It seemed only right to me that the Social Security Administration should have the Statutes and Codes regarding Social Security available not only to interested customers but for themselves to correctly administer the program. I do not know all the provisions of the Freedom Of Information Act but I guess it probably requires the Social Security Administration to provide all the information I requested of them. I finally called the 1-800 number to the main SS office in Maryland. They (I had the phone passed around to two information receptionists and a supervisor) also told me there is no way out. They told me that everybody requires (meaning mandatory by Positive/Statutory law) an SS number to vote, get a job, receive a driver's license and that anyone can refuse me business or service if I did not have or give them a Social Security Number. Red flag number five (bright red). The supervisor asked me in a harsh tone "what is your problem?" I told her I had religious convictions that I was not supposed to take on a number in which without it I could neither buy nor sell. She said if the religion I belong to was not listed as one that did not believe in paying taxes I could not get out of it and my religious convictions did not apply (Since when did religious convictions cease to have any value in America?). I pointed out to her she nearly quoted Revelation, Chapter 13 regarding the threats that would come from not taking on the number. I asked to talk to someone who could tell me the procedure to get out of the SS system. She said there was nobody, not anywhere in the Social Security Administration. She insisted there was nobody but her who could answer my questions with any authority. I had to keep pressing to find out who the top person is in the SS Administration. After I spent several minutes on hold she came back and told me to write the Commissioner but she could not give me a name or address. I finally obtained this address I am writing to from the supervisor in the Hampton SS office.
To this point I have not listed names because the intent of my discussions was to obtain information; specifically the truth. But there comes a point where I can no longer afford to be mislead, lied to, manipulated, inconvenienced, harassed or defrauded. Not only do I have a God given Right to obtain the truth, I have a God given Right and obligation to subdue oppression and shine the light of God's truth on evil things to expose them in order that they may be cast down and made of no effect.
Because I could not obtain information about Social Security from officers
and agents of the Social Security Administration, I contacted the Honorable
Congressman, Herbert H. Bateman, via his receptionist in his Newport News,
Virginia office. I asked what federal statutes and the Constitution
really say about my Rights and responsibilities regarding participation
in the Social Security system, whether it was mandatory or voluntary and
how I can be set free from any association with the Social Security system
and it's numbers. Rather than looking to the law in which he is a
trusted agent by the people of Virginia, the Honorable Congressman, looked
to the Social Security Administration to obtain the answers. I should
not fault him in his action because he too assumed the officers and agents
of the Social Security Administration would have the information I requested
and would certainly provide him an accurate and truthful response since
it is required of them by law. Honorable Congressman, Herbert H.
Bateman sent me the response he received from the Social Security Administration
official, Mr. John E. Groover (Enclosure 1). I believe it is self
evident if any statement in Mr. John E. Groover's letter to the Honorable
Congressman, Herbert H. Bateman is untrue or inaccurate, Mr. John E. Groover
has willfully or negligently committed fraud, and has possibly lied to
the Honorable Congressman while both were acting in an official capacity
as public servants. I will point out only a few of the several statements
I believe are not truthful, are inaccurate or contrary to the Constitution
of the United States of America or United States federal statutes, and
etceteras... The first paragraph of Mr. John E. Groover's letter
said "The number was required for all members of the appropriate groups
or categories of persons covered by the Social Security Act, and for all
others, obtaining a Social Security Number was voluntary". When speaking
of federal laws I understand the word required to mean it is mandatory
by positive/statute law and is enforceable by the federal government with
possible criminal penalties or restriction of Rights inherent in our Constitutional
Republic. Mr. John E. Groover was saying it was mandatory by positive/statute
law for some people but He did not specifically identify what people.
Thus the Social Security Administration continues to not inform me of my
Rights or responsibilities regarding Social Security. The first sentence
of the second paragraph taken in context with the first paragraph implies
that 99% of working American Citizens are mandated by positive/statute
law to participate in the Social Security System. It is another example
of innuendo and misleading information to manipulate and coerce people
into believing they have no choice but to participate in the Social Security
system. The second paragraph of Mr. John E. Groover's letter continues
with some horrific allusions of participation in the Social Security system
as being mandatory by positive/statute law. "The use of the number
.... required by most school authorities". The allusion is your children
will not be able to attend public school if you do not participate in Social
Security implying it is mandatory and that states or States can deny you
Rights inherent in our Constitutional Republic because you do not participate
in the federal Social Security system.
"... required by the Internal Revenue Service for all taxpayers,
dependents, and financial accounts". Considering my correspondence
with the IRS and their payment in full of my tax return that included exemptions
of my children without Social Security Numbers, this statement is false.
IRS codes or instructions have nothing to do with whether participation
in the Social Security system is mandatory or voluntary by positive/statutory
law.
"... most states in the administration of their taxes, general
public assistance, driver's license, or motor vehicle registration laws".
How can any state deny me Rights or privileges granted to the other Citizens
of that state because I do not participate in a federal program that entraps
me in the rules of non-positive law and denies me freedoms endowed to me
by my Creator and guaranteed me by our country's Constitution? Again,
state laws have nothing to do with whether federal positive/statutory law
requires mandatory participation in the Social Security system. The
Social Security Administration and system are not dictated by, nor can
they dictate, state law.
Mr. John E. Groover does not only imply that participation in the Social Security system is mandatory, he emphasized that it is only still voluntary for those who do not intend to - summarized and paraphrased - "buy or sell without the number". His willful assertions would lead me to believe that any state or State can deny me privileges and Rights unless I sign an adhesion contract with the United States federal government which causes me to neither buy nor sell without a number and I must enslave my children to the same fate. If Mr. John E. Groover stated the truth in his letter, no one in America is Free.
By the wording of the portions of the Social Security code and Privacy Act laws that I read, no person or state can deny me Rights or privileges granted to all other Citizens of that state if I am not a participant in the federal Social Security system. They can only deny you privileges if you are a participant in the Social Security system and you do not provide the number when it is lawfully request by a government organization. For instance, the Virginia Constitution was amended so that persons who register to vote are required to disclose their Social Security Number, if any, to the voter registrar. If you are not a participant in the Social Security program, the requirement to provide a number does not apply. If the Social Security system has fraudulently or negligently assigned you a Social Security Number or refuses to disassociate your name with a number, it is not YOUR Social Security Number. It is the Social Security Administration's number. There are rules the IRS has provided financial institutions for those who earn United States interest or dividends but are not participants in the Social Security system. For instance, financial institution fiduciaries are required by the IRS to withhold 20% of United States interest payments from those who do not provide a Social Security or Tax I.D. number. There is a form that can be submitted by the account holder if they want to stop the money from being withheld. A Tax I.D. or Social Security Number is not required depending on the form and the status of the United States interest bearing account holder. It is amazing that the IRS, a non-government organization, knows more about your Rights as an American Citizen than the Social Security Administration with regard to the Right to not participate in Social Security. The only legitimate legal requirement to apply for a Social Security Number is if you want to participate in the Social Security system and receive benefits. No positive/statutory law can require you to make a contract with any organization or else it will violate your God given and Constitutional Rights.
I am writing you because you at least are an accountable person instead of a closed loop non-information system.
To this date, none of your Social Security Administration agents have given me candid truthful information regarding the law, my legal Rights or responsibilities and thus I believe have not complied with the provisions of the Social Security Act, Federal Statutes and Codes relating to the Social Security Administration agents' responsibility to provide complete and accurate information. To this point, I have been defrauded by the Social Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services among others.
My mother was not counseled to her rights and responsibilities when she applied to the Social Security Administration for a Social Security Number assignment to me. I was not counseled when I turned eighteen years old regarding my ability to negate the contract she made relating to my name. I tried to obtain information directly from the statutes and codes that apply to the Social Security program but I was told from every Social Security Office that they did not have the information, the statutes or the codes available for me (remember, Red flag number four?). The Treasury Department of the United States has also defrauded me by allowing their agent (the IRS) to threaten me to apply for a Social Security number for myself and my posterity thus coercing me to make a non-volitional contract with the Social Security system.
For the Record:
1. I have never volunteered to associate with or participate
in the Social Security system.
2. I refuse any benefits from the program for my wife,
any of my children or myself. I have the authority to represent my
wife and my children since I am the head of my wife and children as mandated
in the Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians and based on Common Law.
I also renounce any association or affiliation of myself, my wife and my
children to the Social Security system and programs, whether that association
or affiliation was made by fraud, negligence, ignorance, signature or mistake.
3. I rescind any application I or anyone else made on
behalf of my minor children (which includes all of my children) and I disqualify
them from the Social Security program and any benefits or obligations thereof.
4. I reserve the right to make or refuse further statements
to solidify or codify my desire and design to completely disassociate myself
and my family from anything and everything associated with the Social Security
system, program, Administration, and, but not limited to, the Social Security
Number.
5. I reserve the right to remuneration of any and all
moneys withheld from my pay and paid as Social Security Tax, from the first
amount withheld until the last.
Commissioner of Social Security Administration, provide the following
information and documentation within thirty days of this letter's post
mark:
1. The method or document, if available, to establish
and codify with the Social Security Administration and all interested parties
and organizations that I and my family members under my household are not
eligible for any benefits because we are not participants in the Social
Security system and programs. I have heard of other people who are
out of the Social Security system, so there must be an appropriate procedure
of which you must be aware.
2. A notarized letter signed by you stating: "To
Whom it may concern regarding David Alan.., Leslie Kay.. Carmichael
and all children born to them". (you) have received David Alan..
Carmichael's letter rescinding any signature, association, affiliation,
obligation, etceteras... with the Social Security Administration and it's
programs including Medicare and other related programs. I (meaning
you) recognize that no positive/statutory law exists within the United
States or the several states that requires any person to participate in
the Social Security system since such participation requires an instrument
of an informed, volitional adhesion contract and any positive/statutory
law that forces such a contract is unconstitutional. Furthermore,
employer withholding of money, wages, compensation, pay, etceteras... for
Social Security and Medicare Tax from David Alan.. Carmichael, and those
of his household mentioned above is prohibited unless David Alan.. Carmichael
by affidavit volitionally applies for participation in the Social Security
programs including Medicare.
You are obligated to comply with the two preceding paragraphs since they state the truth and it is your duty as a public servant and a trusted agent of the United States federal government to dispel false information regarding my Rights as an American Citizen in regard to the requirements of the Social Security Act. It is ultimately your responsibility to ensure I am no longer defrauded by the United States federal government, employers, state/State agents, and other parties regarding the issues I have addressed in this letter.
I reserve the right to file criminal and civil charges against anyone misleading me, failing to provide lawfully requested information, refusing to fulfill their obligations as a public servant or in any way defrauding me or my family members.
Sincerely,
David Alan.. Carmichael
Enclosure: (1) Letter from John E. Groover, Branch Manager, Social Security Office, Hampton, Virginia to The Honorable Congressman, Herbert H. Bateman (with forwarding letter attached)
copy: The Honorable Congressman, Herbert H. Bateman
John E. Groover
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