Posted on 05/21/2013 12:04:23 PM PDT by kimtom
Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner."
It's no longer lurking. It's here.
Testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee by the outgoing acting IRS commissioner, Steve Miller, as well as numerous statements by individuals claiming they have been harassed and intimidated by IRS agents, reveal a government agency out of control, or more precisely, under the control of political hacks. It's doubtful this was a freelance operation. J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified he knew as early as June 2012 that the IRS was targeting conservatives, but did nothing to stop it during the presidential campaign. Who else knew?
The delay in tax exemption approval prevented some conservative groups from donating money to the Romney campaign or to groups supporting his candidacy. The IRS even asked one tea party group in Richmond to identify all of their financial donors and volunteers.
There is a simple way to restrain the IRS so this type of intrusion doesn't happen again: get rid of it. That's what Steve Forbes proposed in his run for president in 1996 and 2000. So did former presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Forbes proposed a flat tax of 17 percent and a simple tax code. Individuals could file their tax returns on a post card.
"In the late 1800s, when Congress first attempted to impose an income tax, the notion of taxing a citizen's hard work was considered radical," Paul wrote in 2001. "Public outcry ensued; more importantly, the Supreme Court ruled the income tax unconstitutional. .........
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I’m shocked—SHOCKED!—that in Obama’s Amerika, they still allow an outfit to operate called “Jewish World Review.”
I like it when snakes stick their heads out from their holes. Let’s me know where I need to shoot or slam my hoe down...: )
I don’t want an apology, I want heads on pikes.
Our problem is we haven’t hanged any politicians
in a long time.
Individual Federal Income Tax, being a direct tax, is a violation of the supreme laws of the land. The 16th Amendment gave Dictrict C(rime) authority to impose direct taxation on corporations, The Corporate Excise Tax of 1908 became lawful. Direct taxes may be laid upon the states via apportionment; states may and should direct tax. Apportionment is mentioned _three_ times in USConstitution.
Return to law, my people.
The D.O.J. investigating journalists and people who are not pleased with the current regime...
Where is this mad Obamunism leading us? 
“...hoe down...” hoe down?
Swing yer partner round and round...
Enough is enough.
Yes, tyranny is here.
I wouldn't give them that much credit.
in US they all function like the SS or Gastopo, but
to hide the true function, they are given different “dept names”.
Ok... If we accept this premise... Can we start shooting them now?
If this really is tyranny... Do you think a simple popular vote or a lawsuit will slow them down one iota?
Things to ponder...
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