Pete Nosan was a tireless crusador for tax honesty and constitutional government. Tragically, he took his own life October 10th. May he rest in peace.
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Pete Nosan March 17, 1966- October 10, 2008
Sad to report that Pete Nosan, who headed the California chapter of Aaron Russo's RESTORE THE REPUBLIC, took his own life on October 10th. Pete had been active in the freedom movement and was a staunch advocate for tax honesty, constitutional government and 9/11 truth. He had not filed for several years and the IRS was now coming after him.
I got the news about Pete Sunday night and called Pete's cell phone number to verify if it were true. His mom answered and needless to say it was a very emotional conversation. The IRS was after him, they demanded $15,000 and had come to his work last week and garnished his wages.
Pete had attended our June meeting in Riverside where we showed Loose Change 2nd edition. Since he was from Riverside, he had helped to get the word out and had pretty much filled the room.
This is really a terrible waste. Don't ever kill yourself over government bullshit!
Make a $1 a month payment arrangement and make it cost them ten times what it is worth to collect it. Fuck, let them put you in jail and cost them hundreds of thousands to keep you there. Be a political prisoner. Do anything to help fight these bastards right up to the bitter end! But for God's sake, don't kill yourself!
If they manage to ever jail me I will make it cost millions to keep me! Every day I would "accidentally" get hurt and have to go get treatment. I would get a toothache every other day and need to see the dentist. I would use their own bullshit system against them any way I could. I would sue them for anything and everything. I would be one miserable pain in their asses. But no matter what they did to me, I would never let them have the satisfaction of knowing they pushed me to offing myself.
i'm betting there were other issues here. i doubt that he decided to end his life because of the IRS harrassment. that was probably the proverbial straw. who knows what psychological and emotional battles he was waging. for many mental pain is far more torturous than is physical pain.