“If the state could use [criminal] laws not for their intended purposes but to silence those who voice unpopular ideas, little would be left of our First Amendment liberties
Hate 'crimes' are not limited to police forces. The IRS is currently pursuing a policy of taxation on assessed un-received value. The inflated value of your home, or the junk pile behind your barn, could be assessed as taxable profit. The litigation cost to challenge such an arbitrary malicious assessment could easily bankrupt any selected domestic terrorist. The IRS will be totally weaponized. Indeed, we may have determined the reason for 87,000 new IRS, ARMED, agents. [Is Congressional approval required for the IRS position ?] Ref. MOORE v. IRS, Opinion now pending in SCOTUS.
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Hate 'crimes' are not limited to police forces. The IRS is currently pursuing a policy of taxation on assessed un-received value. The inflated value of your home, or the junk pile behind your barn, could be assessed as taxable profit. The litigation cost to challenge such an arbitrary malicious assessment could easily bankrupt any selected domestic terrorist. The IRS will be totally weaponized. Indeed, we may have determined the reason for 87,000 new IRS, ARMED, agents. [Is Congressional approval required for the IRS position ?] Ref. MOORE v. IRS, Opinion now pending in SCOTUS.