A "John Doe" summons would enable the IRS to obtain information about people whose identities are not known, the department said.
This isn't your klinton Justice Department any more. This time, it's Dubya's boys, trying to further destroy the Constitution, so the federal government can RULE us the way they want. Republicans cried foul as the klinton crowd chopped up the 4th Amendment into little pieces. But, where are they now that Dubya's crowd is preparing to puree what's left of it?
Dubya signed Campaign Finance Reform and they made excuses. Dubya signed the USA Patriot Act and they made excuses. Dubya's Justice Department took aim at the 4th Amendment in their MasterCard case in San Francisco and they made excuses. Now, Dubya is attacking the 4th Amendment again and I suppose that we will hear more excuses. I suppose that they'll claim that it's all right for the government to claim probable cause for a search, based on what credit card a citizen holds. Next, it will be what school your child goes to, what car you drive or if you own a gun.
I wonder what it's going to take to make Republican voters realize that Dubya isn't anywhere close to conservative.
Klinton's attacks on wealth and privacy caused a steady increase in expatriation of wealthy citizens, throughout the 90's. But, as a result Dubya's even more aggressive attacks on privacy, aimed at the wealthy, we can expect to see a sharp increase in capital flight before Dubya leaves office. Of course, since the wealthiest 1% of taxpayers pay over 36% of taxes collected and they are the ones who are being forced to leave, it means that we will be losing a disproportionately large amount of our tax base, forcing taxes up for those who remain. So, thanks to Dubya's compassionate conservatism, those of us who remain will get to pay higher taxes.
Hey! I think that I'm beginning to get the hang of this compassionate conservatism thing. It's really all about tearing down the Constitution.
You got that right. But the die-hard GW crowd still follows him blindly.
Disband the IRS!!