The reference to the red and blue pill is obviously taken from the movie "The Matrix" staring Keanu Reeves. In this action thriller Keanu Reeves' character Neo is offered to take either a blue or red pill. If he takes the blue pill his normal life will not change and he will continue living his life as he has done so far.

But if he takes the red pill he will find out how the world really is. Would he have taken the blue pill, the movie would have been very short and would probably never have become such a big hit. So, yes, Neo takes the red pill and soon finds himself in a terrible world where people are connected to the matrix via direct brain-link and are used as batteries while they dream their life in cyberspace.

When we embark on the journey to throw off the cross we have been bearing since our first filing of an income tax, we have to be clear that this is a situation not unlike Neo's.

The life has it's little ups and downs but it is probably OK. We work, we sleep, we have some fun, and in the days leading to April 15 we get a bit frantic, but that's OK, because once April 15 has passed we can go back to our regular programming. Complaining about politics and the IRS once in a while - or more often, but in general there is not much interaction.

But if, as Neo did, you take the red pill, things will change dramatically.

One little example: When under the influence of the blue pill, you could go into any bank, and got a bank account after giving in to the demand of "Your paapers pleese!" But after taking the blue pill you know that it is not beneficial for you to hand over your papers. Thus, opening a bank account is not that easy any more, but it is certainly possible.

With the information and exercises here on this web site you will be able to swallow the red pill and soon afterwards feel good about.

I want to start with a quote from Lazarus Long, a fictional character in Robert Heinlein's stories:

Be wary of strong drinks. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.

Lazarus Long certainly deserves his name as his character does not die. He just does not grow older, so he has to pretend to do so and after some 60 or 70 years he disappears from the scene and a young man appears from nowhere someplace else. Heinlein is a science fiction writer so it's no problem for Lazarus Long to leave a planet after a staged funeral and arrive at a different planet after a short trip on a space ship.

So, this guy, with all his eons of experience, does not like tax collectors. I believe this is a noble state of mind, but let's see if he is doing something about the situation. Looks like, right? He will do something drastic about one of those guys, anything to keep them off of him trying to leech.

How is that different in the non-science-fiction America of today?

The tax collector is still the same leech steeling from his country men under the color of law, but hardly anybody would take up arms to defend his right under the constitution.

The reason is an overwhelming fear. Many years ago I had a colleague who admitted that whenever he gets a letter from the IRS he just whips out his checkbook and pays. He agreed with me that their authority to do so was at least questionable, but he would never do anything about it.

This web site will explore this fear, which is mostly unwarranted, and will offer ways to overcome it, through information and exercises.

Don't you think that overcoming such a fear would enable us to climb great barriers we perceive in life and maybe - just maybe - we can then follow Lazarus Long on some of his journeys and start living out dream instead of just dreaming it.