Topic: Liberal Fascism
For liberals, progressives and lefties who believe in the virtue of government, this story in the New York Times ought to be an eye-opener. The Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies have been seizing the bank accounts of American citizens, simply because they can:
Using a law designed to catch drug traffickers, racketeers and terrorists by tracking their cash, the government has gone after run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners without so much as an allegation that they have committed serious crimes. The government can take the money without ever filing a criminal complaint, and the owners are left to prove they are innocent. Many give up.
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Their money was seized under an increasingly controversial area of law known as civil asset forfeiture, which allows law enforcement agents to take property they suspect of being tied to crime even if no criminal charges are filed. Law enforcement agencies get to keep a share of whatever is forfeited.
Ah. “Law enforcement agencies get to keep a share of whatever is forfeited.” That explains why a law that seems reasonable on its face, a law that’s supposed to be targeting criminal enterprises, has been systematically abused by our bureaucratic lords and masters.
When the IRS targeting of conservative political groups blew up into a scandal, President Obama pronounced himself mad as hell about it. But he got over his anger, later assuring us that there wasn’t a “smidgen of corruption” to be found in the IRS. And I’m sure that he finds nothing corrupt about this robbery of American citizens by the IRS. After all, the proceeds are being used to “fundamentally transform” America…
