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Checking & Taxes Personal  Debunking financial urban myths
Every now and then you read about a retiree snookered in a
Nigerian bank scam or some nitwit marched off to jail, still
insisting the income tax is illegal, and you just shake your
head and wonder who could believe that guff.  - advertisement -
Unfortunately, a lot of people.  Just ask Barbara Mikkelson, co-
founder and researcher at, a Web site dedicated to the
destruction of urban myths. Mikkelson spends a lot of time
getting to the bottom of financial tall tales that she
encounters.  So does Catherine Williams, vice president of
financial literacy at the credit counseling agency, Money
Management International. Williams has a slew of oddball beliefs
folks have shared with her during the company's educational
seminars.  "We get into situations where we can't pay our