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The New Front in the War on Wealth
The American Thinker ^ | April 20, 2010 | Steve McCann

Posted on 04/20/2010 3:51:56 AM PDT by Scanian

With the current and projected level of unsustainable spending and the determination to control the day-to-day activities of the American people, the Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress will do anything to expand revenue to the Treasury, the consequences (unintended or otherwise) be damned.

The United States under the current governing regime continues to move toward a powerful central government. As a step in that direction, the Congress and the White House recently granted the Internal Revenue Service more police power to not only collect taxes, but within that process, to negate the legal rights of the people to petition the courts and to control the behavior of American and non-American taxpayers.

On March 18, 2010, President Obama signed yet another stimulus act ($17.5 billion) using the innocuous-sounding title of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (cynically abbreviated to H.I.R.E.). This bill was touted as another step in helping job creation. In reality, it does the opposite.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: foreignaccounts; irs; jobsbill; obama

1 posted on 04/20/2010 3:51:56 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

A big thank you to all you Independents out there, who, by virtue of your unlimited intelligence, voted for brilliant Democrats who are going to bring paradise to the
American mainland.

IMHO


2 posted on 04/20/2010 3:58:33 AM PDT by ripley
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To: ripley

“A big thank you to all you Independents out there”

You can also thank many “principled” conservatives that were going to teach us a lesson.


3 posted on 04/20/2010 4:09:32 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Scanian

One more step toward “One World Government”.


4 posted on 04/20/2010 4:20:00 AM PDT by steveab (When was the last time someone tried to sell you a CO2 induced climate control system for your home?)
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To: caver

Still, many thanks to the many, many Independents out there who take on the immediate, instant mantle of brilliance when they lurch left.

Thank you again.

IMHO


5 posted on 04/20/2010 10:18:23 AM PDT by ripley
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