Pope Leo’s Subservience to the IRS
Given that new Pope Leo is an American citizen, he is still required under U.S. law to pay income taxes to the U.S. government. In other words, even though he is now a head of state, he is still a servant of the U.S. Empire, one who is required to send a portion of his income to the U.S. Treasury.
What happens if the Pope decides that he is no longer going to help fund the U.S. Empire through the payment of income taxes?
We all know what will happen. The IRS will come after him with a vengeance. They will have him indicted by a federal grand jury. A warrant will be issued for his arrest. Interpol will be notified. As soon as the Pope visits a country that is a loyal member of the U.S. Empire, he will be taken into custody and quickly extradited to the United States, where he will be prosecuted, convicted, and incarcerated for daring to not fund the U.S. Empire with a portion of his income.
U.S. officials would argue that no American citizen is above the law, not even the Pope. They would remind us that every American citizen exists to serve the greater good of the nation. His income effectively belongs to the federal government,
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