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Title: For some strange reason, the DUmmies don't trust the IRS!
Post by: BannedFromDU on October 26, 2014, 12:12:50 AM

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pnwmom (56,356 posts)

Law lets IRS seize bank accounts: NO CRIME REQUIRED


Great. So the IRS has been stealing people's money, but they got caught, so now they promise they'll stop. The law needs to be changed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us/law-lets-irs-seize-accounts-on-suspicion-no-crime-required.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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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.

“They’re going after people who are really not criminals,” said David Smith, a former federal prosecutor who is now a forfeiture expert and lawyer in Virginia. “They’re middle-class citizens who have never had any trouble with the law.”

On Thursday, in response to questions from The New York Times, the I.R.S. announced that it would curtail the practice, focusing instead on cases where the money is believed to have been acquired illegally or seizure is deemed justified by “exceptional circumstances.”

Richard Weber, the chief of Criminal Investigation at the I.R.S., said in a written statement, “This policy update will ensure that C.I. continues to focus our limited investigative resources on identifying and investigating violations within our jurisdiction that closely align with C.I.’s mission and key priorities.” He added that making deposits under $10,000 to evade reporting requirements, called structuring, is still a crime whether the money is from legal or illegal sources. The new policy will not apply to past seizures.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025715863


I don't understand - no less than Barack H. 0bumbles is on record that there is "not even a smidgen of corruption" at the IRS. NONE. ZERO.

Why, then, would anyone fear the IRS? Weird.

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mindwalker_i (3,087 posts)

3. So along with police nabbing cash from people they pull over

I wonder how much money they seize? Does this put the U.S. government into the territory of being a racketeering organization?
If I stopped running around, my position would be completely undefined



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Star Member pnwmom (56,356 posts)

4. And all the agencies involved are incentivized because they get a cut of the money seized. n/t

     Oh no - I say again - Barack Hussein 0dumbo has informed us all that the IRS is not corrupt.

     Any lurkers care to comment?

Title: Re: For some strange reason, the DUmmies don't trust the IRS!
Post by: Carl on October 26, 2014, 06:38:11 AM

Remember the saying DUmbasses.
A government big enough to give you everything you wish for is going to be big enough to take everything you have.