As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out
daily, the White House’s involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who’ve
been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama’s efforts to
“fundamentally transform” our great nation are about to witness some sad
vindication. Will awakened Americans finally join us in saying “enough is
enough”?
The president would like us to believe that he only learned
about the IRS corruption from watching the news. But we recently learned that
the White House was actively working with the IRS on how to roll out the story
of this scandal. So, Mr. President, how can you have your staff work on the
roll out of the biggest controversy since Watergate, and yet claim that you
only heard about it by watching the news with the rest of us?
For the president to deny any knowledge of what was brewing
and to claim to know nothing about the Benghazi cover-up or anything about
anything White House-related lately, he’s either a liar or a hugely incompetent
CEO. You decide.
Yesterday, we also learned that the top IRS official
involved in the targeting scandal is planning on pleading the Fifth during her
Congressional hearings. That's keen – she’ll be able to enjoy her Fifth
Amendment rights in a hearing about how her intimidating organization denied
Americans the ability to fully exercise their First Amendment rights.
Keep in mind that the IRS considers you guilty until proven
innocent when they audit you. The Fifth Amendment doesn’t apply.
This scandal is not just about the IRS targeting Americans to
deny them tax-exempt status or subjecting them to harassing retaliatory audits.
The IRS also leaked to left-wing reporters the confidential application
information submitted by conservative groups.
The IRS claims that their leaking of information was “inadvertent
and unintentional disclosures by the employees involved.” They at first blamed
the entire IRS scandal on a couple of employees who “went rogue,” but we soon
found out that this was just more malarkey coming from the president’s
spokesman. But even if these were “inadvertent and unintentional disclosures,”
is that supposed to make us feel better? With the IRS running Obamacare, what
are the chances that our confidential information and medical records will
“inadvertently” and “unintentionally” be disclosed? Please remember that some
of us warned America about the dangers of having the IRS play such a big role
with the administration of Obamacare. We were laughed at and mocked
relentlessly back then. It sure doesn’t seem funny now, does it?
This IRS scandal is especially terrible because Americans
live in fear of the IRS like no other entity because this monstrous bureaucracy
has the power to take your hard-earned money. Your wages are the sum of your
labors; hence, the IRS has the power to steal the fruits of your labors.
Average Americans live in fear of making an error on their tax returns that
could cost them massive amounts of money, plus their reputation and good name.
If a small business makes a mistake, the IRS can shut them down and send
them to jail.
The IRS has always been the face of intimidating and
controlling big government. Now it’s the face of corrupt big government that
actively attacks the people it is supposed to serve. This isn’t the change
America was hoping for, Mr. President, but it certainly is transformative.
From the pen of Sarah Palin:
Average everyday Americans like my dad and his non-political
buddies are outraged by this IRS scandal, perhaps more so than all the other
White House fiascos that are making the radical Left’s intentions crystal
clear. It’s because this IRS cluster hits close to home for everyone. It’s
tangible proof of how a corrupt government can intimidate and target a person’s
record, reputation, and life, and make them feel helpless.
These Obama administration scandals are a sad and stark
reminder that only limited government can ensure liberty. At our core, we
Americans just want to be left alone to live freely, peacefully, and
productively.
Last year the Obama campaign told us that government is
something we all “belong” to. I guess they’re right because when the government
is powerful enough to target, intimidate, and harass us, we do “belong” to
them. The real question is: Will we stand for this?
These atrocious government actions are bigger, uglier, and
much more dangerous than “a few rogue employees.” It’s time for all Americans
to stand together and join in the growing outraged chorus that looks at our
out-of-control government and says, “Enough is enough!”
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