Posted on 01/15/2015 12:10:54 PM PST by Starman417
Barack Obama is one mean, vindictive bastard. There is no other way to put it. During the last government "shutdown" Obama blockaded the WWII memorial, which is normally is open and ungated. He spent money on personnel and materials to prevent WWII vets from gaining access to their own shrine.
The vets requested access to the memorial but were refused by Obama and the Department of the Interior:
The White House and the Department of the Interior rejected a request from Rep. Steven Palazzo’s office to have World War II veterans visit the World War II memorial in Washington, the Mississippi Republican told The Daily Caller Tuesday.Palazzo helped the veterans commit an act of civil disobedience against the Park Service Tuesday, when the heroes stormed through barricades around the closed memorial. The veterans were visiting the memorial as part of Honor Flight, a non-profit that provides veterans free transport to the nation’s capital to visit the memorials to the wars they fought in.
“We got the heads up that they will be barricaded and specifically asked for an exception for these heroes,” Palazzo told TheDC. “We were denied and told, ‘It’s a government shutdown, what do you expect?’ when we contacted the liaison for the White House.”
He's punishing the elderly again, this time using the IRS:
In its annual Report to Congress today, the office of the National Taxpayer Advocate outlined a series of Internal Revenue Service failures. In the “Access to the IRS” section, the report details the trouble taxpayers face reaching the right person in order to meet their tax obligations:
"The IRS does not answer the phone at local offices and has even removed the option it once provided for taxpayers, including the elderly and disabled, to leave a message.”Until 2013, taxpayers — including the elderly and disabled — were allowed to leave a voicemail requesting an in-person appointment. But now, elderly and disabled taxpayers attempting to navigate the automated helpline maze are asked to email the IRS to set up an appointment. The automated message instructs as follows:
“If you are disabled or elderly and require special accommodations for service, please email us at…"But this leaves many taxpayers in the dark. As the report states:
"Demographic research data show only 57 percent of adults over age 65 use the Internet compared with 87 percent of all adults. According to 2010 Census data, only 41 percent of those with a non-severe disability use the Internet and only 22 percent of those with a severe disability age 65 and older use the Internet. For those without Internet access, the only viable ways to reach the IRS are by phone, or in person."On its helplines, the IRS is required to provide taxpayers the option to speak with a live person. But as the report states, the IRS won’t even answer questions about what lines are considered helplines:
"TAS [Taxpayer Advocate Service] twice inquired of the IRS in a formal information request whether it considers the 3709 lines to be ‘helplines' for the purpose of § 3705(d) of RRA 98, which would require them to have an option to speak with a live person. TAS also asked what lines the IRS does consider to be helplines. Twice, the IRS declined to answer these questions."
While Obama refused to allow WWII vets to use the WWII memorial park, he did allow an illegal alien rally:
A planned immigration reform rally will take place on the National Mall on Tuesday even though the site is closed due to the government shutdown.Organizers for the “Camino Americano: March for Immigration Reform” were spotted Monday setting up a stage and equipment on the National Mall for the rally which will take place on Tuesday.
A few scattered barriers around the park have signs informing visitors that the area is closed as a result of the government shutdown.
Susana Flores, a spokesperson for the rally, confirmed for the Washington Examiner that the Park Service will allow the event to take place under the group’s rights granted by the First Amendment.
Those who fought and sacrificed for their country were denied not only their First Amendment rights but the right to visit their own memorial while the demands of illegals were granted. Now Obama punishes the elderly in retribution for the IRS budget being cut. Obama is and has been determined to cause pain for the most vulnerable among us. He could divert money from enforcement. He could divert money from targeting conservatives.
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Every one of the Department of the Interior employees who participated in this should be fired.
At least “OUR” guys aren’t vindictive...with the possible exceptions of Boehner, Barber, Cochran, Bush...nevermind.
Mount Vernon was also affected until it was pointed out that George Washington’s home is a privately-owned association.
That work for Obama. Need to work on a better idea.
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I can't argue with that.
Yep, Obama couldn’t find the funds to keep the memorial open (it would have cost virtually nothing), yet he did find money to rent barriers and hire the people to erect them.
Sums him up quite nicely......
Barack Obama is one mean, vindictive,racist bastard
They still blocked the road.
The WWII Memorial was built with private donations, and an endowment continues to pay operating costs.
Yes, the Feds are vindictive. The FAA did something similar, cutting operating budgets and snarling air traffic while unspent improvement funds sat idle.
øbambast should have been locked out of the White House.
Considering that the IRS email system apparently is built from rocks and twigs bailed together with vines, I can't really regard the fact that the rest of us have "access" to it as an advantage over the elderly...
Let’s not forget the orange cones on the shoulder of the state highway in South Dakota during the so-called shutdown.
They actually tried to prevent tourists from pulling over to catch a glimpse of Mount Rushmore.
It is the lizard queen who is vindictive. Obama could care less about Americans.
Shut down the Great Smokies as well.
All he did was amplify how much we loathe the government.
Ted Cruz knows how to stop it.. ABOLISH THE IRS. KEEP SAYING IT, TED. AMERICA WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS!!!!
His meanness and vindictiveness is exceeded only by the incredible pettiness of acts of punishment and retribution.
The entire Federal government, Judiciary and State governments are in rebellion against the people and their founding charters.
We have agencies which now openly defy Congress, write their own laws, and engage in punitive activities against anyone who exposes or opposes them.
The Judiciary is systematically reshaping even the most uncontroversial laws of the past to match the worldview that they subscribe to, even in the face of explicit votes - including amendments to State Constitutions!
It is without doubt the most out of control government the People of the United States have ever confronted, and can safely be characterized as a return to feudalism.
Closed the private Mount Vernon site , for a while.
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