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- From: ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
- In-Reply-To: pajerek@telstar.kodak.com's message of Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:41:25 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:25:49 GMT
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- <In article <1992Dec22.194125.14451@kadsma.kodak.com> pajerek@telstar.kodak.com (Don Pajerek) writes:<
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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?
- < >--
-
- <
- < Are you suggesting that because the IRS has been doing this stuff,
- < I must: a) support the IRS in this behavior, and b) accept the idea
- < that, because the IRS has been doing it, it is now a valid precedent
- < for all law enforcement agencies?
-
- < As I recall, the Bill of Rights contains a provision regarding
- < 'unreasonable searches and seizures'. I would categorize both the
- < IRS and DEA seizures as 'unreasonable'. Unfortunately, the Reagan/Bush
- < Supreme Court, led by that friend of individual liberty, William
- < Rehnquist, doesn't agree.
-
- Are you asserting that the IRS did not have the power
- to seize assets until 1981?
-
- Guess again, Pajerek.
-
- And don't count on Frat Boy Bill Clinton, the "workingman's
- friend", to do *anything* about it.
-