The heavy hand of the IRS seizes innocent Americans’ assets

[koshergrl]

This is what will push Americans to war. It's not just a couple of poor ranchers in Nevada, or disgruntled property owners on the border of Mexico.

Our government has become tyrannical and needs to be stopped.

"In 2010 and 2012, IRS agents visited the store and examined Terry’s and Sandy’s conduct. In 2012, the IRS notified them that it identified “no violations” of banking laws. But on Jan. 22, 2013, Terry and Sandy discovered that the IRS had obtained a secret warrant and emptied the store’s bank account. Sandy says that if the IRS had acted “the day before, there would have been only about $2,000 in the account.” Should we trust that today’s IRS was just lucky in its timing?
The IRS used “civil forfeiture,” the power to seize property suspected of being produced by, or involved with, crime."

"The civil forfeiture law — if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law — is an incentive for perverse behavior: Predatory government agencies get to pocket the proceeds from property they seize from Americans without even charging them with, let alone convicting them of, crimes. Criminals are treated better than this because they lose the fruits of their criminality only after being convicted."

"Such extortion — pocketing others people’s money — often succeeds when the IRS bullies bewildered people not represented by IJ, which forced the government to return all of Terry’s and the gas station owner’s money.

"IJ’s countersuit seeks an injunction to prevent such IRS thefts and extortions. Meanwhile, earnest moralists might consider the possibility that Americans’ distrust of government is insufficient."

George F. Will: The heavy hand of the IRS - The Washington Post

 

[Katzndogz]

Frightening isn't it. No doubt the agents had these people under surveillance and knew when deposits were being made and when they would get the most cash. Not only that, but the agents can come back any time they want. There's nothing to prevent them from doing this again, or as many times again as it takes to put these people out of business.