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Senate Hearing: Rand Paul Blasts Congress for Berating Apple

David Leeper — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:25:34 +0000

On May 21, in a Senate hearing led by Carl Levin (D-Michigan), Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) lambasted Congress for attacking Apple, Inc. In just four minutes, unafraid, he rightly took Congress to task for “investigating” Apple.

Among his remarks:

I’m offended by the tenor and tone of this hearing.

I’m offended by a $4-trillion-dollar government bullying, berating, and badgering one of America’s greatest success stories.

If anyone should be on trial, it’s Congress … for chasing the profits of great American companies overseas.

Instead ...

Treasury and White House Had Talks on Disclosing IRS Story

Bankrupting America — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:10:26 +0000

Spending Daily | May 22, 2013

Star Witness to Plead the Fifth in IRS Hearing

The Associated Press reports, “A House committee taking Congress’ latest look at the Internal Revenue Service’s mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness. IRS official Lois Lerner will invoke her constitutional right to not answer questions on Wednesday at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, her lawyer told the panel in ...

Uncle Buck: IRS playing duck and cover

Bankrupting America — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:13 +0000

Uncle Buck

This week, the White House admitted that senior aides insulated President Obama from the IRS audit, deciding it was best to keep him “out of the loop.” While, the president has insisted numerous times that, ultimately, the buck stops with him, Jay Carney said that the president agreed with the decision of senior staff to keep him in the dark. With top IRS officials pleading ignorance (and the fifth) and given the evolving story ...

Brit Hume on the Big Lesson of the Benghazi, IRS, and AP Scandals

David Leeper — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:32 +0000

Most on the Left will grudgingly admit that Big Government can go horribly wrong. The histories of Russia, China, and North Korea are the extreme examples. But, the Left claims, Big Government can work well if the right people are in charge.

In America, those right people were ostensibly those that Obama chose for his version of Big Government. As he himself proclaimed in 2008 to thunderous applause: “We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for!”

So how’s it working out?

Enter the Benghazi, ...

Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Defect and Character!

jasadmin — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:30:59 +0000

Even an IRS of Billy Grahams Would be Tyrannical

Mike DeVine — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:35:55 +0000

Will this become a teachable moment?

It is no surprise that the government agency responsible for taxing the rich and funding the liberal management of our lives for the collective, would be a bastion of the most partisan members of the Democratic Party willing to wield the hammer that is government power for the various factions of the gangster-like mob it has become.

Current tax law, or what passes for “law,” requires tyranny in its enforcement. The Internal Revenue Service has always ...

Even an IRS of Billy Grahams Would be Tyrannical

Mike DeVine — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:35:55 +0000

Will this become a teachable moment?

Current tax law, or what passes for “law,” requires tyranny in its enforcement. The Internal Revenue Service has always ...

IRS scandal either a conspiracy or incompetence

Bankrupting America — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:55:02 +0000

Spending Daily | May 17, 2013

“Report: Leader Of IRS Office That Targeted Tea Party Now Runs ObamaCare Office”

The Washington Post, “The woman who ran the office accused of targeting Tea Party groups is now running the office tasked with implementing ObamaCare. ABC News reported Thursday that Sarah Hall Ingram, the former director of the office that oversaw tax-exempt organizations during the alleged targeting of conservative groups, now leads the office in charge of the Affordable Care Act. The ...

An Administration Plagued By Scandals

Bankrupting America — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:34 +0000

The Exception Or The Rule?

With the IRS admitting to inappropriately targeting conservative groups – beginning back in 2011 – it’s worth taking another look at how the culture in Washington has been driven by politics even before this latest scandal. Just a few weeks ago, serious questions were being raised about how federal agencies were implementing the sequester. The White House repeatedly warned of the dire consequences of a 3 percent spending cut, and some have suggested ...

IRS Acting Commissioner Resigns, But Scandal Far From Over

Bankrupting America — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:40:23 +0000

Spending Daily | May 16, 2013

IRS Acting Commissioner Resigns, But Scandal Far From Over

The Associated Press reports, “Don’t look for the outcry over the Internal Revenue Service’s improper targeting of tea party groups to subside with the ouster of the agency’s acting commissioner. Three congressional committees are investigating and the FBI is looking into potential civil rights violations at the IRS, Attorney General Eric Holder said. … President Barack Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had ...