Forfeiture Laws

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The IRS “makes” the laws. I like the IRS definition of income. Income is everything unless the IRS says it is not income. On the other hand, nothing is a deduction unless the IRS says it is a deduction. Everything is in favor of the IRS.

At the present time a taxpayer does not have the right to a trial by jury if there is a dispute with the IRS. I would like to remedy that. I do not want our judicial system run by “professionals,” lawyers and judges. I want to limit the role of judges. I believe that the eroding role of juries is contrary to the intent of the Founding Fathers. To remedy the eroding role of juries, I support a constitutional amendment to inform all jurors of their Constitutional right to nullify the law.

The case that opened my eyes to the abuses of government agencies was BABBIT v. SWEET HOME CHAPTER OF COMMUNITIES FOR A GREATER OREGON, 515 U.S. 687 (1995)

 

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**The role of the government is an umpire, not our “partner”! ** Thomas Jefferson supported this idea, and it is embedded in our laws going all the way back to 1775 (e.g. Virginia and Massachusetts Constitutions).

The IRS, Social Services, and all the “alphabet police” incorporate another idea, the idea that government is a participant. There is no Constitutional justification for this idea, as far as I can see. Additionally, government bureaucracies violate another intention of the Founding Fathers, the separation of powers. For example, Congress gives the IRS very broad powers to make law (legislative). The IRS has the power to go out to find the people who break “the law” (executive). Additionally, the IRS has the power to judge a taxpayer guilty (judicial).

No wonder it is so easy for the government to justify unjust laws like the civil forfeiture laws and ObamaCare.