Once government undertakes to tax income, it acquires even more power through its authority to define “income,” “taxable income,” subsidiary terms, and the rules of exemption. There is no escape from arbitrariness and caprice.
Archive for Category: "Government"
Terminator Ted: Cruz Petition to Abolish IRS
Senator Ted Cruz says the recent IRS criminal discrimination against conservative groups for political reasons shows it is time to eliminate the IRS. This is the change people voted for.
Abuse of Power Continues
Accusations that the administration used government powers to skew the election.
Union Influence in IRS Harassment of Conservatives
Sen. Mitch McConnell: IRS Union Employees Took Their Cues to Target Conservatives from Union Leaders – Jim Hoft
Obama’s Privacy and Free Speech Abuses
“the Obama administration has moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news.”
Obama Tired of Fighting Terrorism
After Islamist terrorists murdered Americans and burned a U.S. consulate to the ground in Benghazi, the President claimed he was winning. As homegrown terrorists kill in Boston and London, he claims he is winning. As the Taliban mocks the U.S. standing down in Afghanistan, he claims he is winning.
Veteran Gets Citizen Watchdog Award
In the spirit of service, we’d like to recognize a veteran whose service to his fellow citizens didn’t stop when he retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. You may be familiar with the work of Dr. Richard Swier, the state editor of Watchdog Wire-Florida, whose story on a college professor handing out Obama campaign materials made national headlines last fall.
Smoking Gun in the IRS Scandal, Part Two
History shows that it is simply how the federal bureaucracy operates. The “smoking gun” is liberal politics as usual, and it stretches back to the Kennedy Administration.
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
We are looking into a tyrannical abyss and it is time to be afraid, be very afraid.
“Terminal State of Broken”
Years of misbehavior, favoritism and outright criminal acts produced a view of government officials that ranks below that of used-car salesmen. No other group or institution is held in lower esteem.