Political power is crumbling, those in control are losing it and they seem to know it.  My prediction for 2012 is more people taking control of their lives and working on bringing about a voluntary society without looking to politicians for help.  I see far less of the people looking to the problem for solutions.  It’s going to be much more of a do it yourself year. 

Freedom is autonomy; seems contradictory to ask anyone for it.  It’s always been a do it yourself kind of thing. 

I’m very optimistic for the coming year for several reasons.  I do a lot of work helping people resolve issues with tax agencies.  This means I have the joy of speaking to tax agent’s every day, people who are unwilling or incapable of dealing with others as equals.  

I’ve seen the increased desperation of tax agents as so many “governments” are going bankrupt.  They are seeing their pensions and jobs in trouble, so they have become more resistant to dropping attacks even when they admit there is no evidence of a liability.  Just recently, I had a lawyer from the Franchise Tax Board’s legal department, advise someone in collections to stop an attack and was told no.  This lawyer then changed her story; she initially said she had the authority to advise collections to stop an attack, and then said she didn’t.

 I have a call posted on my website http://marcstevens.net/articles/no-witnesses-no-verification-no-problem-with-the-california-ftb.html where an agent agreed the FTB could not verify my client was a taxpayer with taxable income.  Despite this, he still refused to stop the attack. 

The past year we’ve seen much evidence of this trend of the people not asking politicians, such as we saw with the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movements (although I do not agree with the different agendas). There was also the increased control and persecution of those who want local markets to provide food; the food Nazi’s have even attacked the Amish.  Seems those in control don’t like people having a choice about the food they eat. 

There is increased activism; an example is the failure of a local tyrant to force people in Montana to participate in the persecution of a man for possessing pot.  This lawyer could not stack a jury against a man not accused of hurting anyone.  As a consequence, there could be no trial and there shouldn’t have been even a complaint. 

This is just one example where despite opposition to the war on plants not approved by politicians continue.  Politicians don’t care, they don’t have to.  The people of the community didn’t ask the politicians - they told them by their actions: “No to your insane drug war”.  This has an impact; people see they can do it themselves.  This helps make politicians irrelevant. 

There has been increased barter and community currencies as people see the economy destroyed by the governments and their partners in crime, the banks.  Instead of asking politicians to end the FED, they are increasingly bringing alternatives to the market.  And this despite the ranting’s of psychos like Anne Tompkins who think competition for the FED is “domestic terrorism”, even though it involves no violence or terror.

The people are figuring out that we out number politicians and bureaucrats and they need our cooperation.  2012 will be a year for more non-cooperation.  If politicians want us to cooperate, then they should drop their guns and threats and work peacefully for our consent. 

Here’s to making politicians even more irrelevant in 2012.