IRS scandal symptom of intrusive government

Controversy indicative of a federal bureaucracy that has expanded beyond control

by Sal Russo May 21, 2013

Attribution:  Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Attribution: Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Our Founding Fathers were fearful of a powerful federal government because it was a threat to liberty. The recent Internal Revenue Service scandal is the foreseeable and inevitable consequence of a too powerful federal government, and the validation of the mission of the Tea Party movement that stands firmly for a limited national government.  Continue reading at: USAtoday.com.

Sal Russo is chief strategist for Tea Party Express.

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TRUE THE VOTE FILES SUIT AGAINST THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

True The Vote

HOUSTON, TX. May 21, 2013True the Vote (TTV), the nation’s leading voters’ rights organization, filed suit in federal court in Washington today against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), asking the Court to grant its long-awaited tax exempt status and seeking damages for the unlawful actions by the IRS in the processing of its application for exempt status.  ActRight Legal Foundation, a 501(c)3 fundamental rights and public interest law firm represents True the Vote in the lawsuit.

“We’ve been waiting for three years to receive a decision from the IRS about our tax exempt status,” True the Vote President Catherine Engelbrecht said. “After answering hundreds of questions and producing thousands of documents, we’re done waiting. The IRS does not have the power to pocket veto our application. Federal law empowers groups like True the Vote to force a decision in court – which is precisely what we aim to do.”

Click  HERE  to read more!

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Minutemen

JFKNext time progressives tell you that they “support the Second Amendment,” but that our Founders didn’t have any concept of what kind of firearms would be available today because they only had muskets back then, politely recite the below quote.  Or if they equate the right to keep and bear arms only to hunting, agree but remind them that our Founders also had additional reasons.  Then politely recite the below quote.  Or if they tell you that the definition of a well regulated militia meant the government, politely recite the below quote.  But whatever you do, don’t tell them who you were quoting until they start arguing with you.  Then after awhile, politely reveal the source.

“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life.” – John F. Kennedy

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The Buck Never Stops

Buck Never Stops

Attribution: Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle

Hat Tip:  The Patriot Post
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James Kaleda Ejected From a Hearing by NJ State Troopers

Let me get this straight, a citizen wearing a coat and tie, who spoke calmly and intelligently before the New Jersey State Senate expressing his opposition to an anti Second Amendment gun control bill, was asked to leave after he spoke for only one minute and forty seconds.  He was then forcibly removed by a man with a gun.  He received a loud ovation from the crowd in the gallery…  Hmmm.

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” -  Thomas Jefferson

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IRS Scandal Raises Specter of Politically Motivated IPAB Healthcare Denials

By Jen Kuznicki On May 16, 2013
Sebelieus ElmoByron York of the Washington Examiner wrote yesterday that the IRS scandal could lead to fears about the agency’s role in enforcing Obamacare.

The IRS will also decide who is, and who is not, eligible for Obamacare’s subsidies. The law authorizes the IRS to share confidential taxpayer information with the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of determining those subsidies.

In addition, the IRS will keep track of even the smallest changes in Americans’ financial condition. Did you get a raise recently? You’ll need to notify the IRS; it might affect your subsidy status. Have your hours been reduced at work? Notify the IRS. Change jobs? Same.

Those fears have been ongoing since Obamacare was first rammed through. Financial worries and concern over loss of property, along with the stress of a “new normal” sluggish economy have been at the top of the list of most thinking Americans.

Continue reading at: jenkuznicki.com.

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Judge Jeanine: “No One In This Administration Knows ANYTHING!” (VIDEO)

Another great monologue on the Judge’s May 18th, 2013 show.  You’ve got to watch THIS!

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Draft Chelsea Clinton

Draft Chelsea ClintonHat tips:  FNC, MJC

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Huelskamp Schools Obama – The Buck Never Stops (Video)

Earlier this evening, President Obama announced that he had fired acting IRS Commissioner, Steven Miller in response to the agency’s targeting the tax exempt status of tea parties and other conservative groups.  As Fox News contributor, Charles Krauthammer opined, nothing short of and independent prosecutor will do.  The fox simply cannot guard the hen house!

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Congressman Huelskamp corrects President Obama’s false claim that the IRS is “an independent agency”

One need not be a constitutional law professor (Obama) or have a Ph.D. (Huelskamp) to know that!

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) utilized a one minute floor speech to show the President where the IRS is located on the executive branch organization chart, educate the President on the legal definition of the term “independent agency,” apprise the President that Congress gave him the power to fire the IRS Commissioner, and admonish the President for his latest effort to pass the buck.  Read more at:  huesskamm.house.gov.

Related articles:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57584699/source-two-irs-employees-disciplined-in-wake-of-targeting-scandal/

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57584602/boehner-whos-going-to-jail-over-irs-scandal/

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Narrowing Northwest Eighth Avenue

Possible Progressive classified advertisement:
Bike lanes needed to increase traffic congestion – Must cost millions.

Bike Lanes

Recently, the Gainesville (Florida) City Commission voted by a six to one margin to test a plan to narrow segments of NW Eighth Avenue to one lane in each direction for automobiles.  The plan would add wide bicycle and pedestrian lanes (also known as sidewalks) in their place.

As printed in the Gainesville Sun: “…there are about 15,180 vehicle trips a day in that area and in the range of 250 bicycle trips, according to a city report.”  Anyone who ever had a head cold knows that if the flow slows (congestion), the pressure increases.  And I’m willing to bet that there will be a lot of motorists who will be feeling the increased pressure; blood pressure I mean.

By the way, I would like to acknowledge the Gainesville Sun for printing my letter to the editor (below) on this topic:

Strong statement
The “Today’s Topic” question on May 4 was: “Do you support the decision to narrow Northwest Eighth Avenue?” The answer was a resounding no by a margin of 682 to 65.

Less than nine percent of the respondents want Northwest Eighth Avenue narrowed. While not a scientific poll, it makes a strong statement about how out of touch the Gainesville City Commission is with the wants and needs of local residents.

Does anyone have any doubts as to how it will proceed after the “trial period” is over? How is Main Street working out for you?

But keep making your voices heard, there’s hope. As Mahatma Gandhi said: “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.”

Alan Berkelhammer,

Gainesville

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