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- From: bud@mtek.com (Bud Hovell)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 16:50:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.165059.15776@mtek.com>
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- pajerek@telstar.kodak.com (Don Pajerek) writes:
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- >Not exactly. It is now *legal* for drug enforcement personnel to seize
- >the assets of people whom they want to accuse of drug trafficking. This
- >seizure can take place *before* guilt or innocence is established, and
- >recovery of assets in the event that the case falls apart has proven
- >to be problematic. The courts have *not* been striking this down.
-
- Consider:
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- It has been *legal* for *years* for IRS enforcement personnel to seize
- the assets of people whom they accuse of nonpayment of taxes owed. This
- seizure can take place *before* guilt or innocence is established, and
- recovery of assets in the event that the case falls apart has proven
- to be problematic. The courts have *not* been striking this down.
-
- Do you plan to write your congress-critter about *both* abuses of con-
- stitutional liberties?
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