Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts On Suspicion, No Crime Required (another reason to leave the country...) The IRS admits to seizing hundreds of thousands of dollars of private assets, without any proof of illegal activity, merely because there is a law that lets them do it. From the article: 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 and settle the case for a portion of their money. Theyre 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. Theyre middle-class citizens who have never had any trouble with the law. The article describes several specific cases, all of which are beyond egregious and are in fact entirely unconstitutional. The Bill of Rights is very clear about this: The federal government cannot take private property without just compensation.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:54:59 +0000
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