[jazzlite]

...”The same thing happened with us. We kept wondering why they were hassling us, and when I heard the first admission that the IRS had targeted conservatives, a light bulb finally went on. The whole thing had made no sense until then”...

My guess would be that there is an army of people like us out here. The emphasis has been persecution of conservative organizations, but what about the persecution of conservative individuals? What about those who post on Free Republic, Facebook or other social media? Are we/they targets, as well. Gestapo is the correct word to describe it. Dr. Carson believes people do not speak out because they are afraid of their government which is a very dangerous situation.

[matchgirl]

When the government fears the people, we have liberty
When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.

[thirst4truth]

Next to be audited, Jonathon Turley, liberal constitutional scholar. He was on Meghan Kelly's show last night, he is speaking out about the danger of unchecked power from any of the 3 branches of gov.

He says America is entering an age of authoritarianism that resembles exactly what the founders did everything they could do eliminate.

[Lakeshark]

We pushed back through our congressman. It had lingered for two years without resolution; it took one call, and a month later it was finished.

They claimed we owed $7,000 plus interest and penalty. It ended with nothing owed.

From reading articles, I know they audited a lot of individual Romney donors (which we are not), and of course, various individual conservatives like ourselves who donated to tea party groups or candidates. This current group at the top is the face of totalitarianism in our time, and will continue to use their powers to punish their opponents. They aren't simply the greater of two evils, they are a vastly improved, wholly unto their own, much greater evil than known before in this country.