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Harry's War Analysis

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Zion Hamilton
Gov&Econ
Mrs. Lynn Tabb
January 5, 2014

Harry's War I was able to watch the film “Harry's War”. The film had a galore of fascinating ideas and views on how the IRS works. It also showed how in some cases, the IRS are believed to be above the Constitution. In this essay I will be addressing a few of those thoughts. I will be summarizing the plot of the film, addressing how it applies to the economy, and bringing up a point that they addressed in the movie that was taught in the publication “Personal, Career, and Financial Security”.

The plot of “Harry's War” is a quite simple one. Harry's mother died when he was nine and he was taken in by his “Aunt” Beverly. Harry grows up to be a mailman but is called away from that job when he gets a telegram from Aunt Beverly telling him to come quickly. Long story short, Harry arrives at his Aunt's house only to find out that she is being threatened by the IRS for tax evasion. They assume that she is mentally ill and want her land. So they accuse her of being crazy and of having dangerous weapons on her land. So they take her to court, where in which she has a heart attack and dies. Heartbroken, Harry vows to avenge her death by making the IRS …show more content…

Due process is a concept that was taught in the “Personal, Career, and Financial Security” book. Wikipedia stated that “Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.” What this means is that due process means every state, when trying a person or attempting to accuse that person of an act, they must respect and follow all the legal rights of that person. They cannot infringe on those rights or try to take a few away. Their rights are protected by the 5th amendment. Due process is important because it protects individuals from right infringers. This is an important process that I am glad was addressed in “Harry's

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