America: Freedom to Fascism (2006)

The Worst Film Ever

Highly Overrated But Still Good

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

EULOGY: Aaron Russo, the maker of *America: Freedom to Fascism*, died August 24, 2007, at age 64. If not for the fact he was battling cancer for an extended period, no one would have blamed us for suspecting CIA involvement in the demise of this Libertarian maverick who openly criticized government subversiveness. But there is no conspiracy. As film-makers like Russo himself have shown us, the conspiracy – is The System itself. Aaron Russo died fighting the good fight, against the cancer in his body and the cancer eating at the American People – the government. We pick up his torch and keep our small parts of the flame lit.They say there are only two sure things: death and taxes. Aaron Russo is proof there is only one.Income tax is illegal. It's not a radical battle cry – it's the Constitution. Now that you can't un-know that fact, life is going to get real scary… In the documentary *America: Freedom to Fascism*, film-maker Aaron Russo (the producer behind *The Rose* and *Trading Places*), goes on a quest to find "the law that states personal income tax is legal." And finds it as elusive as The Holy Grail (with more malarkey surrounding it than Monty Python's quest).Importuning the IRS and all levels of government body to simply produce that law for him to physically read it for himself, the deflection and misdirection and led-in-circles procrastination leads Russo to a startling conclusion: there IS no such law! The IRS would rather arrest and terrorize and declare you irrelevant if you request to view that law, in the hopes no one notices that – like ex-attorney general Alberto Gonzales - they are living One Big Lie.(To read this full unabridged review, visit: poffysmoviemania.com/AmericaFreedomToFascism.h t m l

This 45-minute documentary is a gem.Everything I need to know that I didn't learn in kindergarten--nor grammar school, high school, college, or post-graduate work.How did we get so dumb? This movie is now easily viewed on video-sharing websites so there is no excuse not to see it.Please watch it, tell your friends about it, make your kids watch it. I think we're in a race against time to wake up as a nation (in the United States) or, as newly enlightened individuals, if not able to save this nation, to begin again, perhaps, armed with the knowledge and ideals being made known by means of the Internet and works like this one, and to reconstitute a new country like the one our Founding Fathers envisioned.God Bless America.

It's depressing to see how many people actually believe the material presented in this "documentary" is true. The movie claims to expose a huge, hidden plan to financially and politically enslave the American public.The first portion of the movie "reveals" that there is no law requiring individuals to pay income tax. Somehow they think that the US Code of laws passed by Congress isn't law? For the income tax section, read Title 26 U.S.C. § 1; it's all online at http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/. Maybe laws passed by Congress are unconstitutional? Could happen. Try reading the Sixteenth Amendment, "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." Sounds pretty clear. The claim is that the 16th Amendment wasn't properly ratified. Before typewriters and copy machines, getting the states to ratify identical text was a challenge. Some documents from states certifying the 16th amendment's ratification had trivial errors: "States" not capitalized, "income" instead of "incomes", missing commas or the word "levy" instead of "lay". The Secretary of State obtained verbal confirmation from the Legislatures involved and declared the Amendment passed, which was the correct legal procedure. The film maker conveniently neglects to mention whether this is why he claims the 16th Amendment invalid. Next the film asserts that the Federal Reserve was created and is currently controlled by powerful bankers with the goal of financially enslaving middle class America. Really? The Fed Chairman Bernanke from Princeton has never worked in the public sector, was appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress. The other board members have similar credentials. Created by powerful bankers (photos of J.P. Morgan are shown in the movie) to control the economy? Excuse me, but before the Federal Reserve, J.P. Morgan and other powerful bankers already had control of the money supply. Read the history of the the Free Silver movement, or Agrarian Populism. Farmers in the Midwest were under Morgan's thumb and were begging for government oversight. Morgan himself got on board after the Bank Panic of 1907 where he had to inject his own money to prevent total financial collapse. When Morgan saw the light, the final obstacle to a National Bank was removed. Claiming the Federal Reserve was created by Morgan, or some shadowy banking overlords is outright deception.The film spirals downward into paranoid fantasy when it begins to claim there a plans to embed RFID tracking chips into all U.S. citizen to obtain total control of all aspects of our lives. Evidently some reviewers here accept this uncritically. Wake up. Read more than one book that contains a different viewpoint than your own. The majority of Americans aren't deluded, believers in this movie are.

The Federal Reserve is the hole in which the New World Order's power springs! Through a combination of financial slavery and fiat, and government sponsored terrorism, the New World Order is taking control of humanity. All of our freedoms are at stake.The Federal Reserve, which owns the IRS (yes, did you know that the IRS is not a government entity, nor is the "Federal" Reserve) controls us. The bankers control the Federal Reserve. This is literally Matrix level stuff, and it's all documented! That's what's mind blowing. This is not opinion, this is not imaginary. It is not conspiracy theory.The whole banking system to which we are tied to is a complete fraud! Everything you've been told about what's happening in this country is a lie!Do yourself and your country a favor. What this film and open up your eyes.