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jeff47

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2. Uh, that isn't the IRS.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 01:52 PM

May 2015

Civil forfeiture laws are a "feature" of the war on drugs. Not tax laws. Every example you cite is from the Justice Department, not the Treasury Department (where the IRS resides).

In fact, in the situation in the article, it was the Justice department that seized his money. Not the IRS.

Remember back when news organizations gave a shit about accurate headlines?

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How the IRS seized a North Carolina businessman’s life savings without ever charging him [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2015 OP

start a religion like scientology and the irs just buckles under samsingh May 2015 #1

Uh, that isn't the IRS. jeff47 May 2015 #2

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