Most know the saying "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have."
That's the sort of government for which Liberals and Progressives and Democrats yearn.
1. Former NY Senator James Buckley might have had that in mind when he wrote his book “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State,” commenting on the creation of more and more bureaus and agencies endowed with ever broader responsibilities and discretion in defining the rules that govern our activities and our lives.
And these rules have the full force of law!
Congress has increased the number of rules whose infractions are criminalized, waiving the common law requirement that one knows he is breaking the law. Today, one can be jailed for violating a regulation that one had no reason to know even existed!
This recent story underscores the above:
2. "... IRS Seized $107,000 From This North Carolina Man’s Bank Account.
... Lyndon McLellan....[opened] a general store and grill, 14 years ago... in the heart of the Bible Belt, naming it L&M Convenience Mart.
“It’s my livelihood,” he told The Daily Signal. “This is all I know how to do. I’m 50 years old, and if I had to do something else, I’d probably be in trouble. This is what I was brought up in. This is all I know.”
What McLellan didn’t know, though, was that the federal government could come in and take away what he’d worked so hard for.
.... federal agents then showed McLellan paperwork that included deposits to the store’s account at Lumbee Guaranty Bank. The statements showed two deposits made within a 24-hour period totaling $11,400.
The statements, they said, indicated he had a history of consistent cash deposits of less than $10,000, which is illegal.
The Internal Revenue Service had seized all of the money in L&M’s bank account: $107,702.66.
Structuring laws were originally put in place to catch drug trafficking and money laundering, but more and more instances have arisen where innocent Americans have committed structuring violations without even knowing it.
Months after seizing McLellan’s money, the federal government offered him 50 percent of his money back if he agreed to a settlement deal by March 30. "
IRS Seized 107 000 From Him. He s Fighting to Get It Back.
3. "[T]he power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which the smallest functionaire possesses who wields the coercive power of the state and on whose discretion it depends whether and how I am to be allowed to live or to work?"
Friedrich August von Hayek
Did the Founders envision a nation of free people- 'The American Project'-,...
.... or an omnipotent government that controls every aspect of their lives?
That's the sort of government for which Liberals and Progressives and Democrats yearn.
1. Former NY Senator James Buckley might have had that in mind when he wrote his book “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State,” commenting on the creation of more and more bureaus and agencies endowed with ever broader responsibilities and discretion in defining the rules that govern our activities and our lives.
And these rules have the full force of law!
Congress has increased the number of rules whose infractions are criminalized, waiving the common law requirement that one knows he is breaking the law. Today, one can be jailed for violating a regulation that one had no reason to know even existed!
This recent story underscores the above:
2. "... IRS Seized $107,000 From This North Carolina Man’s Bank Account.
... Lyndon McLellan....[opened] a general store and grill, 14 years ago... in the heart of the Bible Belt, naming it L&M Convenience Mart.
“It’s my livelihood,” he told The Daily Signal. “This is all I know how to do. I’m 50 years old, and if I had to do something else, I’d probably be in trouble. This is what I was brought up in. This is all I know.”
What McLellan didn’t know, though, was that the federal government could come in and take away what he’d worked so hard for.
.... federal agents then showed McLellan paperwork that included deposits to the store’s account at Lumbee Guaranty Bank. The statements showed two deposits made within a 24-hour period totaling $11,400.
The statements, they said, indicated he had a history of consistent cash deposits of less than $10,000, which is illegal.
The Internal Revenue Service had seized all of the money in L&M’s bank account: $107,702.66.
Structuring laws were originally put in place to catch drug trafficking and money laundering, but more and more instances have arisen where innocent Americans have committed structuring violations without even knowing it.
Months after seizing McLellan’s money, the federal government offered him 50 percent of his money back if he agreed to a settlement deal by March 30. "
IRS Seized 107 000 From Him. He s Fighting to Get It Back.
3. "[T]he power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which the smallest functionaire possesses who wields the coercive power of the state and on whose discretion it depends whether and how I am to be allowed to live or to work?"
Friedrich August von Hayek
Did the Founders envision a nation of free people- 'The American Project'-,...
.... or an omnipotent government that controls every aspect of their lives?
