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2013-05-20 Government

The Meaning of the IRS Scandal: Big Government Loses Control

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Posted by 2013-05-20 03:13|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Part of being president is that there's so much beneath you that you can't know because the government is so vast."
- David Axelrod

Then fewer servile, obsequious IRS employees must be the answer? Strange, your congressional apologists are saying "more IRS employees are required to catch these dreadful underling abuses". I am confused..... but not really.

Following WWII Alfried Krupp and his industrial co-defendants [unsuccessfully] argued they no longer had control over their businesses, being overborne by the national government. Over 100,000 forced labor personnel and concentration camp workers were forced upon them by the big government.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-05-20 05:01|| 2013-05-20 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 "Scandal? What scandal? There's no scandal, just the IRS doing its job and preventing political organizations from obtaining incorrect tax-benefical status." That is what my liberal friends and relatives say.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-05-20 07:37|| 2013-05-20 07:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Human behavior hasn't changed in millenniums. The old story of the frog and scorpion, because it's (behavior) in it's [Big Government] nature.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-20 09:03|| 2013-05-20 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 That is what my liberal friends and relatives say.

I'm sure a lot are rationalizing that too, but very few will be willing do die to defend that behavior. And it may come to that way too soon. For too many, it's another way of saying 'I don't want to be bothered', but when the balloon goes up, they'll retreat to the spectators' sideline.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-20 09:08|| 2013-05-20 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 ...but when the balloon goes up, they'll retreat to the spectators' sideline.

Where they will not be safe. There must be no refuge for the Left once the "balloon goes up".

Posted by Clem Smith5995 2013-05-20 09:34|| 2013-05-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Best way is for them to know that when it's the republicans turn in government think what they could do in return...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-05-20 10:21|| 2013-05-20 10:21|| Front Page Top

#7 BP, they never think of that. 1 - It's beyond their horizon, 2 - it's unthinkable (remember their reaction to the 2000 election - it was theirs by fiat only to be 'stolen' because there can only be one outcome). Of course in their little hearts, they don't believe in a 'republican' government.

One of the underlying principles of the original Constitution was never give the national government power that you'd never want your political opponent to have over you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-20 10:32|| 2013-05-20 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 I once told someone back in '09 that now that the Democrats are in power they are going to do in-reality everything they accused Bush of doing.

One of the basic liberal tricks is: If you are going to do something illegal or wrong - first accuse your opponent of doing it. No need to prove it the simple accusation is enough. Then when you get caught doing the exact same thing red-handed you can claim 'well they did it first!' as justification.

I see it time and again - if its not "Bush'es fault" then its "Well Bush did it first!" (See Fast and Furious).

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-05-20 10:53|| 2013-05-20 10:53|| Front Page Top

#9 It looks like the IRS is completely under control of the corrupt and fraudulent administration.

Posted by newc 2013-05-20 10:54|| 2013-05-20 10:54|| Front Page Top

#10 ...and it wouldn't be a Democratic administration without (two links following) "plausible" and "deniability"....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-05-20 18:21|| 2013-05-20 18:21|| Front Page Top

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